Read about Miko Peled. Just now in South Africa participating in the Israel Apartheid Week. The international best-selling author Miko Peled (author of The Israeli Army General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine”) will be in South Africa as part of the 10th international Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) campaign, on a book and speaking tour between the 10th and 16th of March. Miko Peled was born in Jerusalem in 1961 into a well-known Zionist family with his grandfather having been one of the co-signers of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His father, General Matti Peled, fought in the 1948 Nakba/Israeli War of “Independence, and was a General in 1967 during the Six Day War when Israel occupied Gaza, the Golan Heights, the Sinai, and the West Bank. As a young Israeli patriot, Miko Peled volunteered for a Special Forces Commando unit in the Israeli Defense Forces, something he later came to regret... In 1997, a tragedy struck the family of Miko Peled: His young niece, Smadar (12), was killed in a suicide attack. His sister, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, reacted --according to some-- “unusually to the tragic death of her daughter. As a mother, she did not call for revenge or blame the Palestinians but the Israeli occupation policy of the Israeli governments. This tragedy and his sister’s response propelled Peled into a remarkable journey of discovery. It pushed Peled to re-examine many of the beliefs he had grown up with and transformed him into a courageous and visionary activist in the struggle for human rights and a hopeful, lasting, just peace between Israelis and Palestinians. In a Los Angeles Times article he subsequently wrote: “Israel is faced with two options: Continue to exist as a Jewish state while controlling the Palestinians through military force and racist laws, or undertake a deep transformation into a real democracy where Israelis and Palestinians live as equals in a shared state, their shared homeland. For Israelis and Palestinians alike, the latter path promises a bright future.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:11:19 +0000
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