Nathan Thrall > Quotes

“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?”
― Nathan Thrall, 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.”
― Nathan Thrall, 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.”
― Nathan Thrall, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

“The town’s natural pool and spring was turned into an Israeli nature reserve, which was free to the settlers of Anatot but charged admission to the people of Anata.”
― Nathan Thrall, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy