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Democracy does not come with a blast radius and peace is not labeled with a maximum effective range. Violence does not propagate security in any part of the world, and democratic states do not spontaneously rise from ashes or blood. These facts go directly against the grain that is commonly seen backed by governments, discussed [...]
Over the months, I found that I could barely assemble a coherent account of the day’s events. At this point, I only hope to lay down a few fragments of that day’s memories, detailing portions of the January afternoon in Hebron when we decided to see the city’s weekly protests for ourselves. Women were walking along the streets, coughing through scarves [...]
Popular media tends to misrepresent the reality of warfare by glorifying, skewing, or otherwise inaccurately portraying harrowing battles. There are important reasons to shield a general audience from the small truths of warfare, mainly because they are unappealing, terrifying, and appalling even to those who don’t completely understand the gravity of violence, fear, disfigurement, or [...]
I could be there among the tear gas, my eyes flooding and throat closing, airways constricting and my brain forcing my legs to move out from the situation. I could put a few olive trees in between myself and the soldiers, though the grove’s shade offers little protection from the high-velocity grenades that rain from [...]
