Nathan Thrall
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
39 editions
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2023
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The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine
6 editions
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2017
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“Abed didn’t approve of Wa’el’s joint Israeli-Palestinian activities—what did they achieve, he thought, besides soothing the Israelis and presenting a false picture of parity between oppressor and oppressed?”
― A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story
― A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story
“A little over a year after Hadi’s release, a UN report found that some 700,000 Palestinians had been arrested since the occupation began, equal to roughly 40 percent of all the men and boys in the territories.”
― A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story
― A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story
“In parallel, he devised a system of underpasses and circuitous routes for Palestinian villagers who were barred from accessing the settler highways cutting through their lands. These were given the benevolent-sounding name of "fabric of life" roads. In private, Israeli officials called the something more honest. Speaking to the US ambassador in Tel Aviv, who summarised the conversation in a diplomatic cable, Israel's deputy defense minister referred to them as "apartheid roads.”
― A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
― A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
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