Listening To The Many Voices Of Haifa

Did you hear this yesterday on All Things Considered?

It's a short radio essay by Andrei Codrescu [realplayer] about his recent visit to Israel for a poetry conference. I said essay, but really it's an amazing prose poem that speaks volumes about the historical importance, the beauty and the wonder of the Jewish homeland and the tragic brutality of its occupation of the Palestinian homeland—all in 3 minutes and 28 seconds.

If you're like me, a loving supporter of Israel's existence and deeply opposed to the occupation, you know that there is precious little public space alloted for the sort of understanding that Codrescu packs into his marvelous images.