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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil,    but because of the people who don't do anything about it

Occupation magazine - Commentary Home page  back Print  Send To friend Parchment of Peace By Carol Lipszyc, Ed.D. Singing Me Home, Inanna Publications,Toronto (York University) Say the word land in a single breathless syllable. Soon a multitude of words, dense and dislocated, crowd around like jockeying spectators at a match to the bloody death. Border Territory Settlement Occupation The words clamor on hilltops, collide and clash on consecrated ground God alone could not grace. Say the promise of land: say it in full with sustenance and serenity. The promise is ancient; the promise is new. We must call in a grand and divine landlord who can measure the slopes of these hills, surmise the stone’s age in these walls and towers, who can check every crevice and leave no patch of solemn earth unturned. . Who can mandate the rightful owner of this land called both by its maiden and married name? Its past and present, a spiral of yearning fulfilled and forgotten, redressed and redeemed. A vessel for the dispossessed to hold in abeyance. Settle this land, so it can breathe in soft pulsating waves over parchments of sand. Read this land like a handwritten scripture Reinvented from an older tome. Links to the latest articles in this section Is there still a chance to break the cycle of revenge and bloodshed? Israelis Against Apartheid Statement Following ICJ Hearing Three weeks into the Gaza War - a somber and sober assessment, with some historical perspectives