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| In a Place Called Little Palestine, People Feel Afraid. And Forgotten. | In a Place Called Little Palestine, People Feel Afraid. And Forgotten. |
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| The mood has been dark lately in the Palestine Hair Salon. The TVs behind the barbers’ chairs play a stream of war images that repeat across the mirrored walls: children in Gaza crying, men clawing at rubble, the wounded carried on planks through the streets of Rafah. | The mood has been dark lately in the Palestine Hair Salon. The TVs behind the barbers’ chairs play a stream of war images that repeat across the mirrored walls: children in Gaza crying, men clawing at rubble, the wounded carried on planks through the streets of Rafah. |
| Raed Odeh is the owner and top barber of the shop, one of eight barbershops along Palestine Way in South Paterson, the center of one of the largest communities of Palestinians outside the Middle East. Mr. Odeh greets every customer, takes phone calls, cuts hair and watches the news, all while giving orders to his staff. | Raed Odeh is the owner and top barber of the shop, one of eight barbershops along Palestine Way in South Paterson, the center of one of the largest communities of Palestinians outside the Middle East. Mr. Odeh greets every customer, takes phone calls, cuts hair and watches the news, all while giving orders to his staff. |
| Mr. Odeh also is a deputy mayor of Paterson. | Mr. Odeh also is a deputy mayor of Paterson. |
| When he was asked his thoughts about the war in Gaza and its impact on Palestinians in New Jersey, a dozen men in the barbershop stopped talking and used the mirrors to gauge Mr. Odeh’s reaction. He fell silent. He prefers not to discuss these matters in front of his customers. | When he was asked his thoughts about the war in Gaza and its impact on Palestinians in New Jersey, a dozen men in the barbershop stopped talking and used the mirrors to gauge Mr. Odeh’s reaction. He fell silent. He prefers not to discuss these matters in front of his customers. |
| Eventually Mr. Odeh set down his razor, removed his smock and walked outside. In a small park with a wooden sign that reads, “Welcome to Little Palestine: From Paterson to Jerusalem, 5,962 Miles,” he felt freer to talk. | Eventually Mr. Odeh set down his razor, removed his smock and walked outside. In a small park with a wooden sign that reads, “Welcome to Little Palestine: From Paterson to Jerusalem, 5,962 Miles,” he felt freer to talk. |