Raja Shahadeh

The other important element in the narrative is that the countries of the world which supported Israel in building settlements and in complicating the situation have also a role to play.

And they have to take seriously that role and try to now play a role in bringing the two sides together.

I think there has been almost a revolutionary change since the Gaza genocide.

And the Palestinians now are able, much more able to tell their story.

I think Edward was referring to the fact that they could not speak about the Nakba.

at that time.

And now it's possible to speak about the Nekbe and the word Nekbe has become well known and you don't even have to explain what Nekbe is because people know about Nekbe.

And there has been an opening to writers and to filmmakers and to playwrights to create

works of art and literature and be published by establishment press and be distributed by distributors who in the past refused to distribute Palestinian literature.

And so there has been a big change now in the world and much more knowledge about the Palestinians and much more openness to listen to the Palestinians and that is a very fortunate thing and it will make changes that are basic and fundamental.

I think that the criticism about the Times is right, because the Times has not been very forthright in calling the genocide genocide and giving full coverage to the Palestinians, although this has changed in the recent weeks and months.

And so there has been a change, and we should always work for change rather than give up.

Because the Times is a very important newspaper and has many important readers.

And so it's important to keep the lines open and to try and bring it into more sympathy and understanding of the Palestinians.

And this issue is an ongoing issue because it can be changed and then revert back to the old ways.

So that is an ongoing battle.

Well, it was immediately after it happened, and so we didn't have much information except what was being streamed live of the breaking the barrier.

And the idea that the people of Gaza who had been imprisoned for 15 years were able to break the barrier was something that brought great happiness to this young man.

And I understood his happiness because it was something like the breaking out of a jail,

And so at that point, we did not know all the details of what was happening and some of the horrors that were happening.