Golbarg Bashi of P is for Palestine infamy (#PisforPalestine!) is writing a new book: Counting Up the Olive Tree: A Palestine Number Book.
It makes sense something like this would be her next book – she already used the letters of the alphabet to demonize Israel so it’s now number time!
After the extraordinary success of P is for Palestine: A Palestine Alphabet Book, Golbarg Bashi has teamed up with another gifted artist Nabi H. Ali to publish ‘Counting Up the Olive Tree: A Palestine Number Book’ — a rhythmic, earth-friendly adventure where little Palestinian football (soccer) players try to save an olive tree — helping young readers practice counting the numbers!
Excerpt from the book:
“When the woeful woodcutter came to cut down the last olive tree
The kids cried,
‘Please don’t cut our precious tree in our land yet to be free!’
. . .
Player number 1 told player number 2,
get hold of number 3
who told 4,
‘we must protect the last olive tree,
all of us and some more.’
. . .
Tlick – Tlock Tlick – Tlock
Will there be enough time?
. . .
Snoring cracking humming and roaring!
. . .
Wait! The woeful woodcutter is waking up,
no longer snoring!”
I dunno, I don’t see this as an accurate representation of what is going on here. Allow me to give it a shot.
When the Jew will hide behind stones and trees,
They will say O Moslems, there is a Jew behind me,
come and kill him, please!
—
The rock said to the tree
get hold of a Jew, or 2 or 3
Except for the Gharkad, which said “we must protect the Jew”
but only ’cause that’s what that tree tends to do
—
Tlick – Tlock Tlick – Tlock
Will there be enough time?
Nope..
KABOOM!
—
Snoring cracking humming and roaring!
Wait, what’s that sound? Just some of our tunnel diggers boring
There, that’s better.
