Ten Thousand Lovers
Edeet Ravel
2003
When an Israeli soldier dies in the line of duty, three officers come to your house and sit in your living room and tell you about it. Imagine how many times that scene has been played out in Israeli living rooms. A hundred times: that’s something you can imagine, you can imagine a hundred living rooms if you try, a hundred different homes. And the…
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