A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

Book by Nathan Thrall uses a deadly school bus crash near Jerusalem as an entry point for a panoramic portrait of Palestinian life under occupation in the West Bank. Through one father's search for his son among overwhelmed hospitals and closed roads, Thrall reconstructs the checkpoint system, segregated infrastructure, and bureaucratic labyrinth that govern Palestinian existence. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. An accessible and deeply reported book recommended for general readers, journalists, and researchers seeking to understand the daily human cost of Israeli military rule and infrastructure control in the West Bank.