Dear Mum: in Israel this year has been indescribably awful. How I wish you were here | Etgar Keret

Many Israelis say they are glad their parents aren't alive to see these horrors. But you would have found hope in the darkness Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer and poet Dear Mum, It's been five years since you died, and I'm only now writing. I'm sorry it took me so long, but I was waiting for some good news to share, and there never was any. I could have written to you about the Covid-19 pandemic, or about the messianic rightwing government formed by Benjamin Netanyahu, whom you never could stan...