That frigid autumn night in Burlington, Vt., was not the first time I had stared down the barrel of a gun.
Half a world away, in the West Bank, it had happened before.
On a hot day in May 2021, a classmate and I, both of us 17 at the time, were protesting near a checkpoint in Ramallah.
But I had never expected to feel this on a quiet street in Vermont, on a stroll before Thanksgiving dinner.
The shooting of three Palestinian Americans in Burlington has received more sustained coverage than any single act of violence against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank since Oct. 7.
Organizations:
West Bank, North Prospect
Locations:
Burlington , Vt, Ramallah, Vermont, Burlington, Gaza