Patty

“Only by erasing the names and experiences of ordinary Palestinians can they be made authors of their own expulsion. We evade the harsh realities of 1948 just as we evade the end of the book of Esther. In this way, Israel’s creation is made to fit the script.”
― Peter Beinart, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning

“When it comes to prayer, God isn’t grading essays; he’s talking to children.”
― Tyler Staton, Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

“This was real life. And the beginning of a special regular story where two people meet and help each other make something beautiful, at the risk of making a mess.

No this ain't no movie. This is a mirror. This me. This her. This us.

This is real.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .

“Israel was created by displacing roughly 750,000 Palestinians in 1948, and it displaced several hundred thousand more in 1967, when it extended its borders from the river to the sea. Most of the Palestinians under Israeli control lack citizenship, and none enjoy legal equality. Israel now stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, a charge endorsed by some of the most prominent human rights lawyers in the world.”
― Peter Beinart, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning