On the 50th anniversary of Israeli occupation of Palestine, top writers bear witness to oppression and despair. Moving, heartbreaking, and infuriating, these deeply unsettling and important stories call for urgent responses to the Middle East conflict.

Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Moonglow and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, among many others. He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.

Ayelet Waldman is the author of, among other books, the memoir A Really Good Day and the novel Love & Treasure. She is the editor of the anthology Inside This Place Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons.