Welcome to Democracy Ish. I'm Danielle Moody.

And I'm Wajat Ali.

And Waj, we have a fantastic guest joining us today.

Please do us the honor of an introduction. So our guest today is author

Nathan Thrawl who wrote a fantastic book that came out this year called A Day in the Life of

Abid Salama Anatomy of a Jerusalem tragedy, which has been named a best book of the year by

The New Yorker Time, The Economist, the Financial Times, the year by the New Yorker Time, the economist,

the Financial Times, the Irish Times, the new statesman, and booklist, and was selected as

a New York Times book review editor's choice. Nathan has spent a decade at the International

Crisis Group, where he was director of the Arab-Israeli project. He has taught at Bard

College. And even though he's originally from California, he has chosen like a masochist or an

optimist to live with his family in Jerusalem. And I've read the book, and it is a fantastic book.

I have promoted it because I think you're a book, Nathan, through this real life story,

this real life tragedy, which we will talk about, encapsulates the madness, the tragedy,

the sadness, and the surreal aspect of occupation, right?

And before I talk about the book, though, and before we get into the book

itself, what folks don't know is that your book and the release of your book has coincided with

what's happening in Israel, Palestine right now. And you are an American writer, you're a Jewish writer,

living in Israel, you've done a nonfiction book, and your book is so threatening, Nathan, that during

your book tour, you've had cancellations, you've had revenue being pulled, you've had to sign

potentially loyalty and some oaths that you won't criticize Israel and you refused.

Before we get into the book itself and the details of the book, because again, I think the

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