The news out of Gaza and the West Bank has been difficult to read for decades, and especially so in recent months. But some reason a piece about Palestinian birdwatchers hit me harder than I might have expected it to. I suppose it's because of its very ordinariness amidst the horror. And there's an awful sense of hope about it.
That final paragraph, and the detail of the chiffchaff flying away And the joy of the children. Haunting.
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