Nonfiction
Date Published: 08-28-2025
Publisher: Tellwell
Operation Cast Lead ensued as a mechanism to decide the fate and resolution of this question. The author was conflicted as her tendency to humiliate herself in her fantasies interfered with how she interpreted the story and how she responded to it while Operation Cast Lead unfolded, a war that took place between Hamas and IDF at the climax of the story of Sonny and Kate.
What was the truth of this connection? Why has Gaza been held hostage to this story ever since? What’s the way forward for Israelis and Palestinians? What’s the way forward for humanity?
The book argues that Operation Cast Lead was a design, and attempts to place the case within the current framework of international law while acknowledging that there are fundamental flaws in this framework and that there should be transformation at the foundation of international law for humanity to have a breakthrough and realize true freedom.
This book reveals a secret about history. A secret that would explain why the conflict in the Middle East has not met its resolution. As well as the conflict at the core of humanity.
Can you tell us a little about the process of getting this
book published? How did you come up with the idea and how did you start?
My journey with writing began when I wrote a momoir in
2022-2023. It was a confessional of my choices and my mistakes in life in
general but specifically of a situation I was involved in back in 2008-2009. My
lived experience is that a romance story on a TV show was connected to the
events of a war in the Middle East. A war codenamed “Operation Cast Lead”. The
sense of responsibility has always lived within me as, in that period of time,
I had fantasies of the humiliation of the female character. For several years,
my narrative was that had it not been for my insincerity a resolution may have
come about in the Israeli Palestinian conflict and in the broader region of
Middle East. That was the motivation for writing the memoir. To clear my
integrity so that history could move forward. But things got worse after the
most recent war that broke out in October of 2023 in the Middle East.
I then realized that this story and this conflict have been
imprisoned to the work of a system. A system whose interests lie in conflict
and turmoil and not in truth and love. This then became my motivation for
writing this second book: Operation Cast Lead – The Case.
This second book calls for investigation of this case and
for accountability. It poses the question: why was the story written in that
particular context and it points out multiple coincidences of overlap between
story points and political events in the Middle East. It also provides an
analysis of the legal issues surrounding this Case, the flaws in the
international legal framework and the question of Palestine having turned into
an “exception”.
The motivation for writing this book was that of truth,
love, and freedom. For Palestinians and Israelis and for humankind more
generally.
What surprised you most about getting your book published?
Since Cast Lead, the biggest question mark for me has been:
why am I still here? It is my belief that the story and war were connected and
that my choices were instrumental in that circumstance. It is also my belief
that I have been under surveillance for most of my life if not all of my life.
The question mark for me was why? This also manifested itself in writing the
memoir and the Case. The silence of humanity regarding this story and the circumstances
around it have been one of the biggest question marks for me. This also has
been present in the publishing of the Case.
Tell us a little about what you do when you aren’t writing
It is my belief that we live to write. To record history. To
leave a trace of truth for the future of humanity. To create ideas and to point
out the contradictions that we witness. As such, life becomes about writing and
recording. Even when we are not literally writing, the experience of life and
the contradictions we encounter create possibilities for writing. That is what
life has turned into for me.
As a published author, what would you say was the most
pivotal point of your writing life?
The pivotal moment was when I realized I could write. This
journey was a long one as I was not skilled nor particularly talented in this
realm. I remember that as a young student in primary school, I would always
pray not to be called out to read out writing assignments in class, as was the
requirement at that time.
After the experience of Cast Lead, I was hospitalized
several times for nervous breakdowns related to the same circumstance. It was
during that time period that the barriers fell, and I gained access to the
skill of expressing myself via writing. The universe gave me a helping hand in
that process.
Where do you get your best ideas and why do you think that
is?
The ideas come to me when I reflect on my reactions to and
experiences with others. When I observe contradictions in this world, I begin
to write to pose questions. Everyone lives with contradictions but, in my
experience, only a seldom few take the journey to that dark place to
acknowledge the divide. That then leads to inauthenticity and prevents one from
living the experience of being. This is what keeps me going when I write. To be
authentic and to pave the way towards freedom, in all its aspects.
What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author?
Some feedback has been that the Case is not convincing
doubting the connection between the story and the war. That I should gather
proof. That my writing is tedious. That the writing reveals the workings of a
“troubled mind”. Given the revelation, proclaimed in the book, that I have a
diagnosis of schizophrenia. That the book would not be “informative” for the
reader.
That has been difficult because what I ask in the book is
for humanity to ask questions regarding the circumstances around Operation Cast
Lead and that of the story. To ask questions about what has followed in history
since then. That is one of my motivations for writing.
Unfortunately, not everyone understands or would acknowledge
where I’m coming from.
What has been your best accomplishment as a writer?
The best accomplishment has been to break out of the old me
who couldn’t express nor write convincingly. Breaking that barrier took a lot
of work. Being acknowledged for my writing in some reviews of the work has been
encouraging and its part of the fuel that keeps me going.
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
I’m currently writing poems which I’m hoping to publish in
the future.
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