Children's Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration) Atara loves to wear her crown - to the library, to the dentist, even to her swim lessons. It gives her confidence, and shows the world that she is a girl, not a boy, like everyone thought at first. But when Atara reads the story of Queen Esther, on the Jewish holiday of Purim - she realises that you don't need a costume to express who you really are...

<article data-history-node-id="433089" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shut-atara-checkpoint-disrupt-movement-north-ramallah" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shut-atara-checkpoint-disrupt-movement-north-ramallah" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces shut Atara checkpoint, disrupt movement north of Ramallah</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Friday closed the Atara military checkpoint north of Ramallah disrupted the movement of Palestinians, Palestinian media reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wafa news said the closure had been&nbsp;in place since the early hours on Friday and disrupted the movement of Palestinians travelling to&nbsp;villages west of Ramallah, as well as those coming from the northern West Bank districts.</p> </div> </div> </article>