Dealing with the Israeli authorities was like dealing with an angry, suspicious girlfriend. “Why do you want to bury him here?” asked the Israeli embassy. He explained, and they continued to pester him. “But why? Isn’t he an American citizen? Why here?” “His whole family is buried there.” “Not his brother Suleiman. He died in 2014. He is not buried here. And his wife is not buried here.” That nugget of information sufficiently creeped Marcus out. It was intended to, he suspected, like when they asked a suspect a question when they already had the answer. He patiently played along with the
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