Dear friends on both sides of this debate, I am sorry if this hurts anyones feelings, but the truth is not always kind. Yet I think we need to face it. Personally, I dont even know for sure what the truth is, but I feel like Im learning. Thank you Miko Peled, for speaking out. Here are some facts about him: Born and raised in Jerusalem in 1961, Peled grew up in a prominent Zionist family; his grandfather, Avraham Katsnelson, signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence. His father, Mattityahu Peled, fought in the 1948 war and served as a general in the war of 1967; later, after the Israeli cabinet ignored his investigation of a 1967 alleged Israeli war crime, he became a peace activist.... In 1997, a tragedy struck the family of Israeli-American Miko Peled: His beloved niece Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber in Jerusalem. That tragedy propelled Peled onto a journey of discovery. It pushed him to re-examine many of the beliefs he had grown up with, as the son and grandson of leading figures in Israels political-military elite, and transformed him into a courageous and visionary activist in the struggle for human rights and a hopeful, lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:42:40 +0000
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