Moving kings

By Joshua Cohen

Book Description

Two young Israeli soldiers arrive in America seeking respite after serving in the 2014 Gaza conflict, but their search for peace leads them into an unexpected moral battleground. Yoav and Uri, both twenty-one and struggling to shed their militarized identities, find employment with Moving King Inc., working as eviction specialists in Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods.

What begins as straightforward work quickly transforms into something far more complex when they encounter families being displaced from their homes. The physical act of removing people from their dwellings forces these young men to confront uncomfortable parallels between their recent military service and their current civilian roles. Both experiences involve displacement, territory, and the exercise of power over others' lives and spaces.

As Yoav and Uri navigate this morally ambiguous landscape, they must grapple with questions that extend far beyond their immediate circumstances. What does it truly mean to have a home? How do we reconcile our actions with our values when survival demands compromise? The work explores the intersection of faith, identity, and conscience as these characters discover that geographical distance cannot automatically heal psychological wounds.

When one homeowner refuses to leave, the situation escalates toward violence, forcing the protagonists to make choices that will define not only their futures but their understanding of justice, compassion, and their place in an interconnected world where personal and political conflicts mirror each other in unexpected ways.