In a world of depleting resources and contracting economies, states are preparing for future uprisings by a growing underclass

How can I express both the heartbreak and happiness I feel since spending eight days in occupied Palestine? How can I convey the paradoxical emotions of anger and joy ? How do I depict the ugliness and the beauty? Talking about it , to anyone who will listen ,has helped. Discussing our shared experiences with my daughter has helped . Perhaps writing about what I saw, heard, learnt and felt will help. I hope so.

The Palestinians are not powerless. There is much they can do to stop Israeli expansionism.