During quarantine I spent a lot of time reading Palestinian writing. And I prayed for the humility to hear truths that were sometimes hard to swallow. Since I enjoy an unearned privilege in this conversation, I want to acknowledge some of the writing that has shaped my thinking.
My friend Yousef Munayyer's essay in Foreign Affairs, which goes into important detail about constitutional protections in an equal state foreignaffairs.com/articles/israe…
Rashid Khalidi's The Iron Cage, an amazing primer on Palestinian politics during the British Mandate in particular penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206000/t…
Ussama Makdisi's The Age of Coexistence, which is a hugely important corrective to widespread stereotypes about relations between Muslims, Christians and Jews before Israel's creation history.rice.edu/publications/b…
Ali Abunimah's book, One Country, which is both trenchantly argued and deeply generous in spirit. I wish I could assign it in every Jewish school us.macmillan.com/books/97808050…
And writing by @SamBahour, Leila Farsakh, Bashir Bashir and many others.
"Make yourself a teacher." (Avot 1:6). I'm grateful to all of these writers for being my teachers.
