Gideon Levy: The Man Who Won’t Let the Occupation Be Occupied Territory

Every week, while most Israelis encountered the West Bank through security briefings and blurred television clips, Gideon Levy was in living rooms their owners would never invite them into—watching soldiers search wardrobes, listening to fathers count the checkpoints between home and work, taking notes as children learned the names of army units before they learned the names of birds. Then he drove back to Tel Aviv and tried to get those rooms onto the page.