To my newfound Love,

I came to you, Israel, wanting to hate you. To be confirmed in my reasonable European certainty of your arrogant oppression, lounging along the mediterranean coast, facing West in your vast carelessness and American wealth. I wanted to appreciate your history, but tut over the arrogant folly of your…

Israel/Palestine: Negotiations between Traumatized Groups

On top of the Bental Mountain in Golan Heights, I asked an IDF Spokeswoman what the biggest challenge was that she faced in dealing with foreign journalists. “The story is often already written,” she said. “Journalists are pressed for time and energy, so most stories…

Holy Sepulchre

The crippled church pulses with boredom and devotion, and disinterested, cursory glances.

Sunglasses cast their unnecessary shade on uninformed, uncaring eyes,

And tired legs shift from side to side in an unceasing dance — a lame waltz of tedium and…