In my family, no celebratory dinner is complete without at least a token argument about Palestine. Tonight’s was mercifully short: as soon as it surfaced, I began to take the dessert dishes away. That diverted the conversation to how delicious the coffee had been, and from there to my brother’s efforts on the USAID collaboration with the Bolivian Specialty Coffee Growers Association (ACEB). The word is, great Bolivian coffee is getting increasing recognition these days– high-end techniques applied to heirloom bean varieties and high altitude have led to smaller, more intensely flavored beans and quite a good crop in the past few years.
But really, my grandmother says that if you really want to understand The Situation Over In Palestine, you should read One Palestine, Complete, a history of Palestine under the British Mandate.
Secretly Ironic 