Such a powerful painful reality check you offer, and so timely as Trump blusters and postures with his equally ironic Board of Peace. As a kid growing up in the US, I had four first cousins and an aunt in Israel. Regularly, we bought symbolic trees to be planted there. Only a couple of years ago, I watched a gut-wrenching documentary called My Tree, about a Canadian Jewish journalist who sought to find his tree, only to discover the Palestinian village razed to create the “forest.” The myth not the might of Israel has been marketed and sold to millions, which is why your essay is so essential. Thank you for naming the truth.
Thank you Liz. Exactly this 💯
We need to get behind a campaign to deradicalise israel, the source of all the unrest in that region and the genocide of innocent native Palestinians.
Such a powerful painful reality check you offer, and so timely as Trump blusters and postures with his equally ironic Board of Peace. As a kid growing up in the US, I had four first cousins and an aunt in Israel. Regularly, we bought symbolic trees to be planted there. Only a couple of years ago, I watched a gut-wrenching documentary called My Tree, about a Canadian Jewish journalist who sought to find his tree, only to discover the Palestinian village razed to create the “forest.” The myth not the might of Israel has been marketed and sold to millions, which is why your essay is so essential. Thank you for naming the truth.
Another clear eyed truth bomb. If only more people understood this, rather than accept the slogans and sound bites. Thank you 🙏