{"id":322,"date":"2006-11-20T00:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanaasfour.dev.specidea.uk\/?p=322"},"modified":"2021-07-20T22:26:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T22:26:29","slug":"promised-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/2006\/11\/20\/promised-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Promised land?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It\u2019s Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street<\/p><cite>Emma Williams Bloomsbu<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Emma Williams, a doctor and mother of four, arrived in Jerusalem in 2000, shortly before the second intifada began, and stayed for three years while her husband was posted there with the UN. In this unusual mixture of memoir and journalism, her experience, recorded with painstaking honesty, will be welcomed by anyone who wants to understand the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, it is a frustrating read, with a meandering structure, but an order gradually emerges as the book takes the reader on a journey that reflects Williams\u2019s own comprehension of the complex situation through countless stories, people and perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the cacophony of voices, certain undeniable realities emerge: stones against tanks, helicopters and F-16s; the settlements; the wall. These realities destroy Palestinians\u2019 lives, eat up their land, separate them from their families, olive groves and water supplies. Through them, Israel divides, controls and humiliates a people and its culture, prompting an Israeli journalist to worry about his society: \u201cWe\u2019re in a terrible place, morally, emotionally.\u201d In the midst of denial and the language of force, Williams\u2019s own voice seeks truth, moderation and dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read full article in the <em>New Statesman<\/em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/node\/165842\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/node\/165842\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street Emma Williams Bloomsbu Emma Williams, a doctor and mother of four, arrived in Jerusalem in 2000, shortly before the second intifada began, and stayed for three years while her husband was posted there with the UN. In this unusual mixture of memoir and journalism, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-arts-and-culture","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanaasfour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}