Omar Dajani and Mira Sucharov have been unraveling the complexities of Israel-Palestine through a travel book and a podcast focusing on the vacant lot by the sea in Jaffa where Dajani’s ancestral home once stood – a microcosm of the country’s history and predicament. Recent devastating events have challenged their assumptions and emphasized the urgency of understanding. They’ve navigated the markedly different ways in which their own communities see and talk about occupation, colonialism, security and terrorism, and even what it means to be Israeli or Palestinian. And they have grappled with whether Israelis and Palestinians can envisage a shared future if they can’t face the past. Join them for a conversation about what they have learned along the way — about hope and despair, identity and memory, and friendship across differences.

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