A PLEA FOR PEACE Israeli NSL alumnus and WIPAN 2010 Lior Amihai addressed 10,000 pro-peace demonstrators in Tel Avivs Rabin Square over the weekend: It echoes the story he told in 2010 at the French Embassy. I want to share something personal. Throughout this war, in which over 2000 Palestinians were killed, including nearly 500 children, and 70 Israelis, I have known that another way is possible. Throughout this war, while my heart was with the citizens of the South and my friends who were drafted, my dearest friend has been a Gazan. Through this war, we spoke several times a day. She told me about her sister, who sheltered for over six hours in a stairwell with her two children, ages 7 and 9, while heaving bombing shook her home. She shared with me the lack of water and electricity, and the existential fear that you might be killed at any given moment. This friendship between us in these difficult times is the proof that another way is possible and that there is hope. I dont expect us all to become friends, but she is not them and she should not be boycotted.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:43:24 +0000