That's all that has to be done. End the frigid occupation that won't leave us alone. Ten Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire this last Friday, then five were killed on Saturday, then four on Sunday, I don't remember how many on Monday, and the number is three, so far, today. The night, as they say, is still young. If you live under occupation in Palestine, it means that anything can happen.
Today can be the very last day of our lives.
This is the persisting thought on everyone's mind. We think about death, about dying, about not being alive, about getting killed, about ceasing to exist, and we think about it all the time. Yesterday afternoon, I went with some Swedish journalists to Beit Jala to look at the homes that Israeli tanks had shelled the night before. As we stood out on the street and it started to rain, Mia urged me to seek shelter from the rain. This could be the last time that I stand in the rain.