Today is Independence Day in Israel, the day Israel prevailed over all the resistance of its establishment. I hear music blaring from the park. I hear people singing to the music.
In fives days, it will be Nakba Day, the day marking the subjugation of the Palestinian people and their flight from lands placed under Israeli rule and independence.
Today the West Bank could either be silent or tumultuous. The air is probably thick with an unquellable bitterness masked in voiceless humility.
On this same day, one group rejoices and the other laments.
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