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From all the various themes the book My Promised Land by Ari Shavit introduced in just the first sections, it invoked my memory of past lectures, personal experiences, and thoughts on the matters surrounding the State of Israel and its inception.
Reading through these pages I found myself dancing around Ari’s combination of words that described scenes of devastation and of a humiliated Palestinian population after or depiction from his grandfather about of the disease and despair found in the faces of the Arabs prior to transformation of the region. As I imagined the images of the past and I realized that when it came to the subjects around occupation, it appeared to be areas of contention and resistance for me.
When Ari stated that Israel
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