Palestine #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Through Other Eyes," Joe Sacco returns to Jerusalem with a quiet, observant eye, reflecting on conversations with an Oxford student and others caught in the weight of the peace process. The story lingers on a single, haunting moment—a boy forced to stand in the rain while Israeli soldiers question him—offering a stark image that speaks volumes about the fragile, uncertain path ahead. Drawn and lettered by Sacco himself, this issue captures the emotional and political gravity of a moment suspended between hope and resignation.
In "Tel Aviv," two women share a quiet moment on a sun-drenched day in the city, their conversation drifting through the weight of ongoing conflict and the emotional toll of constant negotiation. They weigh the fragile hope of peace against the exhaustion of perpetual apology, their words carrying the quiet resonance of lived experience.
In Jenin, Joe Sacco meets a man who quotes Shakespeare with weary irony, offering a sharp, skeptical take on the possibility of peace—no matter which side might claim to want it. His words cut through hope with a quiet, unflinching realism.
In "A Boy in the Rain," Joe Sacco captures a quiet yet piercing moment in Jerusalem, recalling a chance encounter with a religious Oxford student and the weight of conversations about the peace process. The story lingers on a single, haunting image: a boy forced to stand in the rain while Israeli soldiers question him, a moment that crystallizes the fragile, uncertain path ahead.
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Reprinted in Palestine #[2] (1996), Palestine #[nn] (2001), Palestine: The Special Edition #[nn] (2007), Graphic Novels #5 (2011), Palestyna #[nn] (2014)
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