Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLXVII: "Israelis leaving in record numbers"
I turn, turning back
to see Tel Aviv’s sunset
for the last time ...
this new neighbor’s words fade
in Toronto's snowfall
FYI: +972 Magazine, January 7 2026: Why Israelis are leaving in record numbers
Over 150,000 citizens have left the country in the past two years alone — many of them with a one-way ticket and no plans of returning.
And this tanka is a sequel to the following:
Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXI: "beach party and booms"
written in response to The New Yorker, July 28, 2025: Israel’s Zones of Denial
Tel Aviv's beach party
the faint boom, boom, boom
from Gaza
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLXVIII: "incarceration crisis"
hands starfished
against detention windows --
candlelights swell
FYI: Haaretz, January 14 2026: Mass Arrests With Nowhere to Hold Them: Overcrowding Deepens Israel's Incarceration Crisis
A growing number of Palestinians suspected of illegal entry are being held in police custody in overcrowded cells, even told to 'defecate on each other.'
And this is a sequel to the following:
Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLI: "Sde Teiman"
crimson twilight
at the edge of Sde Teiman
a scream snaps in two
FYI: +972 Magazine, Independent Journalism from Israel-Palestine, NewsLetter, Nov. 18, 2025: Torture, neglect, and starvation: new data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody
