The Nakba Between 1947 and 1949, roughly 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled, and hundreds of villages were emptied or destroyed. On December 11th, 1948, UN Resolution 194 affirmed their right to return home. Nearly 78 years later, that return has never happened, and many of their descendants live in Gaza today.
Still feels like a massive honor just for George Saunders to be publishing on Substack, let alone be speaking of it on the big shows.
“You have a great Substack this week”
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In a few hours, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced—and I have zero interest in the result.
There was a time when I took this award (and many others like it) seriously. But, frankly, the Powerball lottery is now a more reliable indicator of merit. At least the lottery isn’t run based on score-settling, favor-trading, and empty posturing.
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