Hadar Cohen's parents in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Courtesy of Hadar Cohen)

Zionism has no space for an Arab Jew like me

The State of Israel conditioned us to see the intersection of 'Jewish' and 'Arab' as impossible — even though my family held that identity for generations.
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