Reflections on the Ceasefire in Gaza: On What the Calm After the Bombings Means, and the Damage it Can't Undo by Mohammed R. Mhawish

Reflections on the Ceasefire in Gaza: On What the Calm After the Bombings Means, and the Damage it Can't Undo by Mohammed R. Mhawish

Mohammed R. Mhawish is a contributor to A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism, published by Monthly Review Press. This piece was originally published by New Lines Magazine. On the morning of Sunday, Jan. 19, I turned to my son, Rafik. He was building something with blocks, his small hands working furiously to stack them higher and higher. I watched as the tower wobbled and fell. He laughed and started over again. He kept r…