Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

Very worthwhile reading The book's subtitle -- "Writers Confront the Occupation" -- tells you what the many compelling chapters in this book are about. Invited by the book's editors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, along with the Israeli anti-Occupation group Breaking the Silence, to experience first hand the effects of Israel's Occupation of Palestinians living on the West Bank, the authors responded with their varied and often moving essays. An important book for anyone wanting to educate themselves about the Occupation and about its effect o. "It works" according to Gaby Chapman. What is amazing about this book, in so many ways painful to read, is that it is inspiring. While humans can so easily justify astoundingly stupid cruelty, we can also be heroically resilient, brave, wise and dedicated to the light. Hurray for writers and their ability to chronicle the human heart!. Thank you Ayelet Waldman MSO This is a must-read for every diaspora Jew who really wants to know about the so-called "only democracy in the Middle East". Lurking behind much vaunted labels such as "Start-up Nation" is actually "Apartheid Nation" sliding down a slippery slope to tyranny. And this while the United States continues to believe Netanyahu's lies and deceptions about his desire for peace. I hope Alan Dershowitz. the great Harvard "defender of civil liberties" and No. 1 apologist for Israel's systematic elimination of human rights for Palesti

June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank. Full list of authors includes Jacqueline Woodson and Mario Vargas Llosa.. Their writing enables listeners to understand the human narratives behind the litany of grim destruction broadcasted nightly on the news. The violence on both sides of the conflict has been horrific, the casualties catastrophic. Kingdom of Olives and Ash includes contributions from some of our most esteemed storytellers, including essays from editors Chabon and Waldman. Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have joined forces with the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence - an organization comprised of former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories and saw firsthand the injustice there - and a host of illustrious writers to tell the stories of the people on the ground in the contested territories. Together they all stand witness to the human cost of the occupation. Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict there as witnessed by such notable writers as Colum McCann, Colm