Opinion I've Been Reading About the Occupation for Years. Seeing It for Myself Was a Punch in the Gut

Reading about the West Bank is no substitute for seeing it, from the obnoxious privilege of Silwan's Jewish settlers to Palestinians who dodge questions about terror, to a small village ringed by settlements.

Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Apr 03, 2017 7:23 PM

NEW YORK – The minaret stays with me. It stands half-built in Khalet Sakarya, a smidge of a Palestinian village tucked in the rocky Judean hills and ringed...

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