From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Atef Abu Saif was published by Alternet on July 11, 2016.
Sunday, 6 July 2014
When it comes, it brings with it a smell, a fragrance even. You learn to recognize it as a kid growing up in these narrow streets. You develop a knack for detecting it, tasting it in the air. You can almost see it. Like a witch’s familiar, it lurks in the shadows, follows you at a distance wherever you go. If you retain this skill, you can tell that it’s coming—hours, sometimes days, before it actually arrives. You don’t mistake it. Harb. War.
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