1. Ella Shohat states that "war is the friend of binarisms." Explain what you think she means. 2. Almog Behar: "Ana min al yahoud, I'm one of the Jews." The wording of this statement sounds a bit strange - he doesn't say simply "I am Jewish." What does the protagonist in Behar's story mean by this statement? 3. Almog Behar: "At the time, my tongue twisted around and with the arrival of the month of Tammuz, the Arabic accent got stuck in my mouth, deep down in my throat." The first sentence of a short story is often the most important - it symbolically sums up the entirety of the story. What different themes or issues is Behar addressing here?