Passport for...

     The chapter entitled "A Dog's Life" by Suad Amiry was humourous but also provocative.  The Israeli  veterinarian, in her story, gives the dog an Israeli passport, so that the certificate for vaccination would be recognized by the Palestinian National Authority in Ramallah.  Amiry says the doctor is not "that political," and suggests that he seemingly has no clue about how hard it is for Palestinians to get passes, permits, and IDs, let alone passsports.  How ridiculous that a dog could get an Israeli passport but a child with one Israeli parent and one Palestinian parent cannot get a passport.   I do have to wonder though, if the veterinarian did not know that Amiry - and perhaps other like her - could use the dog's passport for expedited travel...  Maybe it was his way of helping...