Freedom for Palestine

Nakba In 1995 I was in Israel. It was May and I, with my friends were celebrating יום העצמאות‎ (Yom ha’atzmaut) the holiday that celebrates Israel‘s declaration of independence.‎ It was an exciting and passionate time. I was young, fiercely Jewish, scandalously apolitical and embarrassingly naïve. I understood something of Zionism but not enough to [...]