As the love child of a Palestinian father and an Israeli mother, all I want to say these days is: Stop, you are killing me twice. AdvertisementVietnam, Korea, Northern Ireland, the Iran-Iraq war, World Wars I and II — those deadly conflicts all found resolution. A demographic conflict in which the Palestinian minority was once the majority, and the Israeli majority is acting like a minority. Just several minutes before the event started, I received news about what the media called the “Israeli 9/11.”AdvertisementBeing half Israeli and half Palestinian, I am accustomed to hearing distressing news. It felt like coming out of the closet when I could say openly and more easily: I am half Palestinian, half Israeli.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 07, 2024 17:15 UTC