Saeed Teebi is the author of the short story collection Her First Palestinian. I’ve developed a routine during the last week. I wake up after a night of horrid sleep, bleary-eyed and barely ambulatory. I find the sofa. I turn on the TV to one of the satellite channels that I only ever resort to in times of crisis in the Middle East. I lower the volume to a barely audible level. I know what I’m about to see needs to be stifled, for my own sake. Through the TV, I’ve noticed some differences between the lives of our children...