Mimi Schweid’s Reviews > The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don't Want to Know about Each Other > Status Update

''Today, Jews and Palestinians are irrevocably enmeshed in two metanarratives of the Holocaust and the Nakba. As long as the recalling of one is used to silence the other, no real progress can be made.''

The debate must never be about who was more victimized by their respective histories, as both groups have experienced victimization, and still do. While Jews have experienced centuries of oppression at the hands of the powerful, Zionism, particularly from 1948 forward, gave Jews the power over another, weaker, opponent: the Palestinians.

(I have more to share but it's too many characters over)

I'll have to keep pacing myself so I can reflect on what I'm reading.

''Information can expand or narrow our thinking. We get to choose which one it is. Embrace the challenge.''

I'll take my time with this one, It's going to be worth the time I put into it!