Means of Suppressing Demonstrations
Shani Boianjiu’s short story about Israeli soldiers who encounter a trio of Palestinian protesters at a checkpoint.
"I can't feel my body all of a sudden," the Israeli officer told her subordinate. "I can move it, but not feel it. Those are two separate things." Shani Boianjiu maps the dissociation of young soldiers who process trauma by applying for officer training—becoming those who yell at soldiers whose necks might get cut.