The Colors of Death

Alon Michael
5 min readOct 11, 2023

The heinous massacre that we all witnessed on Saturday the 07/10/2023 shows to the entire world what Israelis know, and feel, for years now. That ‘Free Palestine’ are two words which have nothing to do with freedom.

As an Israeli, and like millions of other Israelis, I have a subconscious perception of the Palestinian flag. The colors of this flag symbolize for me; death, blood, murder, evil, and barbarism. That’s a subconscious labeling so strong, that it’s impossible to erase.

Ever since I was a kid watching the news of another suicide-bombing in one of Tel-Aviv, or…

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Alon Michael

A husband, a father and an aspiring writer. Writing so I could better know myself and humanity.