Women hang the laundry out to dry and hose down the alleyways. And every where, women and children climb up olive trees to shake the leaves and force the olives to fly down to the ground. It is olive picking season in Palestine. Bombing or no bombing, it is olive picking season in Palestine. Soon, we will dip our bread in fresh olive oil.
Life goes on.
The determination to live is unwavered. The determination to live a better life is unwavered. They run home happy. I close the door happier. It is the spirit of a people that Israeli guns can't kill.