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Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation QUOTES

Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation QUOTES

1 " THE CHOICE, BY BOTH PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELI JEWS, TO TRUST ONE another is perilous. Day after day, the mechanisms of life under occupation succeed in their aim: to disavow the possibility of commonality and coexistence. There "

― Michael Chabon , Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

2 " We're just animals in a cage. They're just feeding us to keep us alive. "

― Michael Chabon , Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

3 " A few peace activists, looking like peace activists all over the world, young, unassailable, and romantic, hand out roses. The message is old, the gesture likewise: the flower as a sign of good. There's a flaw in the symbolism, however, a permanent gash in this goodness: the flower withers. It lives for a moment. Then it withers in your hands. "

― Michael Chabon , Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation