Identity and crisis

 Identity and crisis: review of Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh’s Surrounded: Palestinian soldiers in the Israeli military The Jerusalem Post, May 15, 2009 An Israeli Arab friend of mine, Saleh, is married to an American woman. He is conflicted: Though part of him would prefer to raise his children here among his family, he chooses to raise …

Humans, not headlines

  Humans, not headlines Common Ground News Service, May 14, 2009 Daily News Egypt, May 18, 2009 Kuwait Times, May 20, 2008 The news is in: Israel’s press status has now been downgraded to “partly free” by Freedom House, the organisation dedicated to promoting democracy and civil liberties around the world. It is a disheartening …

Chronicles of a Refugee, a documentary review

 Chronicles of a Refugee, a documentary review Maan News Agency, May 6, 2009 “Do you know what the problem  is?” Nadine, a young Palestinian woman asks an off-screen interviewer.  She continues, “It’s that the Palestinian has the ability to forgive…  If you, as an Israeli, killed his mother and father and his family,  he [the …