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4 months

Israelis with the photos of killed Gazans calling for a ceasefire in front of the American Embassy in Jerusalem. More power to them.

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I am an Israeli Jew. This is probably the worst week of my life. And yet today of all days it bears repeating: the only way to end this cycle is by working for freedom and dignity for all. For all. On all sides, our blood is the same color and our tears taste the same.

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Maybe being specific is more useful than throwing around broad categories like “Hispanic” or “Latino?”

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It’s striking how many family members of Israelis who were murdered or kidnapped are asking the government not to use their grief to kill more people. It seems to me that if in the worst days of their lives they can keep their humanity, the rest of us can follow their example.

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Anti-war protest in Tel Aviv. Some of the Hebrew signs: "In Gaza and in Sderot girls want to live." "Political solution." "War has no winners." "An eye for an eye and we are all blind." Many of these people knew people murdered on October 7. And yet they persist. Hats off.

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We Jews have many stories about how we never surrendered. So why does anyone think the Palestinians will give up their aspirations? They won't, and the idea that with just enough repression they will, harms all of us. The only thing that ends this is freedom and dignity for all.

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With everything that's happening around us, It's time for the world's idealists to work together. Idealists? Yes, all those people who'd agree with these words: “Working with others, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect, I want to help build a world where all people can…

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3 months

Thousands of protesters in Tel Aviv calling for elections now. This is getting bigger every Saturday. This government has done enough damage. Elections now.

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7 months

I am an Israeli Jew. I am a total nobody. But I am begging President Biden to tell Netanyahu tomorrow to STOP. Not ask him; tell him. Just stop. It's Gaza. Hamas can't leave. Stop and think. Stop and let aid in. Stop.

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4 months

Anti-Netanyahu protests getting bigger. This was today in Tel Aviv. Should be huge again in 3-4 weeks. Go, man. Just go.

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7 months

I’ve never done this before but this is not a normal moment.

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We Jews, as well as many other cultures, have stories about how we never surrendered. So why do people think the Palestinians will? They won't, and the idea that with just enough bombing they will, harms all of us. The only thing that ends this is a vision for a shared future.

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Someone (let’s leave him unnamed) was making fun of this family for having their last Ramadan dinner among the ruins, and all I could think was, “they have more dignity in their little finger than you will ever know.”

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The loneliest people in the world right now: those morally heroic Palestinians and Israelis who can see the truth and the legitimacy of both narratives, and who care and grieve about the kids on both sides as if they were their own. I love you so.

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@RitchieTorres Huh? I’m Israeli and you are wrong. Now, this has nothing to do with religion per se. The Arab and the Jew could both be Buddhists. But they will absolutely be separated at the checkpoint.

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25 days

Tel Aviv tonight. Netanyahu be gone. Elections now! (And sure, go ahead and call all these people "a small minority of Hamas supporters.")

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1 month

Saturday night in Tel Aviv. “Netanyahu be gone!”

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7 months

A quick word for and about the haters (or pessimists) on both sides. As I've said here a couple of times, I am an Israeli Jew who believes that revenge is not a strategy, and that the only way forward is to work for freedom and dignity for all people. But in saying this, there

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1 month

Sorry. Can’t resist sharing one more photo of this gorgeous river of people protesting in Jerusalem on Sunday night. This government has done enough damage. Time for a change.

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5 months

People keep asking: what other options did Israel have after October 7th? There are many possible answers, which were clear from the beginning: 1. First, stop and think. Even for just a few days. Don't react *exactly* as always, and exactly as Hamas expected and wanted.

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7 months

Two things can be true at the same time: all Israelis are grieving for our dead. And our grief is being used and manipulated by a cynical government that couldn't care less about us, our future, or the full humanity of our Palestinian neighbors. I am so tired of these people.

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3 months

The one-state vs. two-state debate often overlooks one fact: we are already in a one-state reality, and have been since 1967. The “only” problem is that millions of Palestinians don’t have a vote. So give them the vote or give them a state. Pick one.

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4 months

Over the last couple of days I’ve been called a traitor, a kapo, and a Hamas-lover, and also a settler, a baby-killer, and worse. The truth is I’m just a pissed-off dad who thinks that every child is precious, and that there is no violent or military solution to this conflict.

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5 months

If everyone, everywhere, truly accepted that seven million Jews and seven million Palestinians are not going anywhere, and that any possible future has to include and encompass both, the whole energy around this conflict would change. There, and even more so around the world.

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6 months

Bears repeating: I am an Israeli Jew. I refuse to see all Palestinians as my enemy. Do some of them want us gone? Of course. Do some Israelis want them gone? Of course. But I can still decide where I stand. And I choose to continue looking for a way forward.

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Smarter people than me will write about how we got here, but one thing that’s striking about the university protests is the absence of an actual peace movement. There are pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups, but what you don’t see is a broad movement for a full ceasefire, more…

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4 years

Abolish private schools. Let’s see how many white liberals get behind that.

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@AbuHafsah1 Only idiots.

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3 months

Right now, two million people in Gaza are getting closer to starvation and the debate about who is to blame is sickening. The only “crime” that most of these people ever committed was being born there. The lack of total and fiery urgency to get aid to them is nauseating.

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3 months

Thousands of people in Tel Aviv protesting against the war tonight. From Haaretz: Yaakov Godot, whose son Tom was murdered on October 7th, said, "I decided, despite my sorrow and terrible grief over Tom, I would take action. I call on everyone to stop living by the sword."

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I am an Israeli Jew. I refuse to see all Palestinians as my enemy. Do some of them want me gone? Of course. Do some Israelis want them gone? Of course. But I can still decide where I stand. I am not a toddler. I can choose. And I choose to continue looking for a way forward.

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25 days

With just one Israeli brigade left in Gaza—down from a high of 20—it's pretty clear now that this whole disaster is about to end with a whimper, leaving us with the worst of all possible worlds: Hamas still in power and more popular than ever, the hostages still there, thousands…

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11 days

Protesters in Tel Aviv quoting my friend @AzizAbuSarah . Indeed.

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4 months

If everyone, everywhere, truly accepted that seven million Jews and seven million Palestinians are not going anywhere, and that any possible future has to include and encompass both, the whole energy around this conflict would shift. There, and even more so around the world.

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This photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa for Reuters is astonishing.

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4 months

I hate admitting this, but if you look back at the last few decades in Israel/Palestine, the extremists are winning. From the Jewish fanatic who murdered Rabin, to the Hamas suicide bombers blowing up buses to stop the peace process, to Jewish thugs rioting in the West Bank, to…

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6 months

Not antisemitic: to criticize the Israeli government, its leaders, or its policies as you would that of any other country. Israelis do this every day. Totally, hideously, 100% antisemitic: to criticize or attack Jews around the world for Israel's actions.

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4 months

If everyone, everywhere, truly accepted that seven million Jews and seven million Palestinians are not going anywhere, and that any possible future has to include and encompass both, the whole energy around this conflict would shift. There, and even more so around the world.

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6 months

Sorry for the anger, but a month into this I am so sick—like nauseous sick—of people justifying or denying what Hamas did on October 7th *and* people justifying or denying what Israel has been doing in Gaza since then. Both are real and both are wrong. Deal with the facts.

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4 months

Two questions I'd love never to hear again: "The Arabs have 20 countries. Why can't the Palestinians go there?" For the same reason that most Chileans want to stay in Chile and not move to Mexico or Argentina. It's the place they love, most of them were born there, and they have…

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4 months

I’m 63 now, I’ve been a news junkie since I was 8, and I this is the most chaotic global moment I can remember. A sense of things spinning out of control, no one in charge, thugs operating with impunity, and all elites out of touch. It’s on us. The cavalry is not coming.

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Like most kids, I was taught to see the world in terms of "them" and "us," Arabs and Jews. I'm so done with that. My people, my real people, are all those between the river and the sea who want to build a future together. For the others, on both sides, I have no patience left.

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6 months

A quick word for and about the haters (or pessimists) on both sides. As I've said here a couple of times, I am an Israeli Jew who believes that revenge is not a strategy, and that the only way forward is to work for freedom and dignity for all people. But in saying this, there…

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This, by Yuval Noah Harari, is masterful. It gives me no satisfaction - only grief - to add that I’ve been saying all this since 10/10, but he says it much better. Enough.

From Gaza to Iran, the Netanyahu government is endangering Israel's survival

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29 days

So what other options did Israel have after October 7th? There are many possible answers, which were clear from the beginning. You may disagree with some or all of this, but six months later, and after all of the most recent disasters, I believe even more strongly that this was…

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4 months

Three months of writing in one tweet: Terror is always wrong. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Release all hostages now. End the occupation. Neither the Jews nor the Palestinians are leaving. Without a vision for a shared future, this does not end.

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6 months

Even now, in the middle of possibly the worst moment since 1948, there are groups of Palestinians and Jews working to forge a future together. Because there's no other future. Any word or action that helps these people move forward is good. Anything that pulls us apart is bad.

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4 months

Enough. End this war. Bring back the hostages (yes, with an "all for all" deal). Release Marwan Barghouti and start negotiating like grown-ups. ALL of this will happen at some point. So do it now. Enough blood. Enough killing. Enough.

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5 months

I will talk to anyone about anything. But I have two red lines right now: people who deny or glorify what Hamas did on October 7th, and people who deny that thousands of children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. A child is a child is a child.

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2 months

It’s Saturday evening in Tel Aviv and the crowds are getting bigger. Elections now!

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My favorite photo of two adults (prime minister Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan) who decided that enough was enough. More of that, please.

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5 months

Protest in Tel Aviv tonight. The sign in Hebrew says, “(Hostage) Deal Now.” These voices need to be amplified. Please repost.

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3 months

It’s Saturday evening, so thousands of people all across Israel demanding elections now. This is Tel Aviv tonight.

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6 months

In the middle of all this madness, I am feeling certain about only one thing: IF peace ever comes, it will come from the bottom up, from the best people of our two societies. Our old, corrupt, narcissistic, self-serving "leaders" will never do it. It's on us.

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6 months

Once you see that *both* Palestinians and Israelis have a long, rich, tragic, beautiful, and legitimate story, you can't unsee it. All you can do is wish that more people join us in seeing the merits of the other story, because without that, we are stuck.

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Some people have asked, "What would you do if you were in Netanyahu's place?" After thinking about this, here's what I would have done last week: Nothing. Nothing at all. Not one bullet—at least not for a while. I would have said, "We will secure our borders immediately. We will…

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Some people have asked why I seem to be angrier at Netanyahu than at Hamas. What can I say? I loathe Hamas. And that should be obvious. But Hamas is not *mine* in any way. And what is ours—and what we can affect—often makes us angrier than what is not. I hope that makes sense.

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Four months of writing in one tweet: Terror is always wrong. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Release all hostages now. End the occupation. Neither the Jews nor the Palestinians are leaving. Without a vision for a shared future, this does not end.

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@benshapiro He is much more Jewish than you.

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5 months

Two questions I'd love never to hear again: "The Arabs have 20 countries. Why can't the Palestinians go there?" For the same reason that most Chileans want to stay in Chile and not move to Mexico or Argentina. It's the place they love, most of them were born there, and they have…

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We, Jews and Palestinians who are fated to share this land, are on the edge of a precipice, or already falling. My whole body is clenched, and all I want to do is yell, "STOP!" I feel such deep love for all those who want peace, and fury at all the leaders who've betrayed us.

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Again: if everyone, everywhere, truly accepted that seven million Jews and seven million Palestinians are not going anywhere, and that any possible future has to include and encompass both, the whole energy around this conflict would shift. There, and even more around the world.

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40 days later, I find that I have nothing left to say. Just a blanket of overwhelming sadness. All of this could have been different. So many missed opportunities over so many years. By everyone. And now this total disaster. I don’t want the haters to win. But this will be hard.

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A couple of days ago I posted that *both* Palestinians and Israelis have a long, rich, tragic, beautiful, and legitimate story. It's been fascinating and depressing that almost everyone yelling "not true!" has been neither Palestinian nor Israeli. Guys, you are not helping.

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So when and how did I realize that we are all fully human behind these lines that separate us? I was born in Jerusalem, and raised mostly in Peru and in Mexico. When I was 15, my family moved back to Israel, and at 18 I was drafted into the Israeli army for three years of…

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Tel Aviv tonight. Elections now! (Photo Gilad Furst.)

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Two months ago today, I woke up in the morning and saw that terrible first headline: "Terrorist incursion from Gaza. 22 dead." My wife saw my face, and I said, "It's over. It's all over." I said that after "only" 22 deaths, having no way of knowing the horrors still to come that

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2 months

Another view of the anti-government protests in Tel Aviv tonight. Elections now!

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This video of Gazans on the beach on a hot day has drawn every possible reaction across the political spectrum, most of them depressingly predictable. I want to admit that it simply makes me happy, specially with the sound on. The sound of life is good.

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I’m so tired of hearing that “Jews and Muslims can never live together.” Visit any hospital in Israel. More than a quarter of the doctors and nurses are Arab, most of them Muslim, and the whole thing works. Are there problems? Of course. But enough with the blanket nihilism.

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Every word of this interview. This man commanded the Israeli SEALs, the navy, and the security service right after Rabín was murdered. He is calling for ending this madness and releasing Marwan Barghouti. Want to call him a softie? Be my guest.

'The misconception was that the Palestinians aren't a people'

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6 months

The way that antisemites and Islamophobes, of all stripes and all over the world, are using this conflict for their own ends is nauseating.

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3 months

Enough. End this war. Bring back the hostages (yes, with an "all for all" deal). Release Marwan Barghouti and start negotiating as if you cared about the future. ALL of this will happen at some point. So do it now. Enough blood. Enough killing. Enough tears. Enough.

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Over these past several weeks I've confirmed something I'd always felt: the world is full of wonderful people who are often unseen because they are not as loud as the more obnoxious ones. But they are everywhere, all around us, and knowing this is deeply comforting.

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The two groups on the outside who are not helping: “The Jews will leave like the French left Algeria.” And: “the Palestinians are not, and never have been, a real nation.” Just stop. Both exist. Both are staying. Both have to live together. These statements are noxious.

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Some of the loneliest people in the world right now: those morally heroic Palestinians and Israelis who care and grieve about the kids on both sides as if they were their own, and who keep trying to build bridges as others do their best to blow them up. I love you so.

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I am glad that Biden is ordering air drops. It's better than nothing. But there's also something pathetic about it. Like a fire department facing a major conflagration and sprinkling some water from above instead of putting out the fire. Put out the fire, Joe! You have the power.

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A week later, this still holds: Terror is always wrong. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Release all the hostages now. End the occupation. Without a vision for a shared future, this does not end. Our blood is the same color, and our tears taste the same.

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Some of the loneliest people in the world right now: those heroic Palestinians and Israelis who care and grieve about the kids on both sides as if they were their own, and who keep trying to build bridges as others do their best to blow them up. A big hug, wherever you are.

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In this moment of utter ugliness, here's a beautiful shot of the place where I was born, that I love so much, and that I hope will be shared one day by all those who live there, with equal rights for all.

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People are starving in Gaza. There’s more than enough blame to go around, and we can debate and aportion it later. But now, now, for God’s sake, open all the entry points, send ships from Europe - not one or two, a whole fleet - push, cajole, threaten. Get the aid in!

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Amazing how many people seem to be unable to walk and chew gum at the same time. This is *not* hard: the massacres by Hamas were one of the most horrifying acts of terror we have seen in decades. AND Hamas is *not* the Palestinian people, and all civilians *must* be protected.

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@ShaiDavidai What is wrong with you? You’d also be complaining about Jews or Christians praying? (I’m Israeli.)

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I am truly amazed by people who look back at these six months and just keep repeating, "there was no other way." What does that even mean? Every day, countless decisions were and are made. Humans have agency. There's *always* another way.

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Another thing that must be said. Most Palestinians don’t “hate Jews.” They hate living under occupation in the West Bank and a blockade in Gaza. If Israel were a Buddhist country, they would be against the Buddhists. It’s about their daily life, not about our religion.

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Tel Aviv, Saturday night. Elections now! Special edition for those who said that people would not come out again after the Iranian attack.

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The two groups on the outside who are not helping: “The Palestinians are not, and never have been, a real nation.” And: “The Jews will leave like the French left Algeria.” Just stop. Both exist. Both are staying. Both have to live side by side. These statements are poison.

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If everyone, everywhere, truly accepted that seven million Jews and seven million Palestinians are not going anywhere, and that any possible future has to include and encompass both, the whole energy around this conflict would shift. There, and even more so around the world.

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Again: if everyone, everywhere, truly accepted that seven million Jews and seven million Palestinians are not going anywhere, and that any possible future has to include and encompass both, the whole energy around this conflict would shift. There, and even more around the world.

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When I light your candle with mine, I've lost nothing—I still have my light. This is clear to most people. I wish it was just as clear that when we empathize with the pain of others, whoever they may be, we also lose nothing. Empathy doesn't have to be a zero-sum game.

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Tearing up as I translate this for you. Maoz Inon's elderly parents were both murdered by Hamas two weeks ago. Today he writes: If I may, now we have to focus on these four goals: 1. To stop the war. 2. To get all the hostages back immediately. 3. To get rid of Netanyahu, by…

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I got this message last night from someone I've never met. This happens every day now. And here's the thing: I am an Israeli Jew and I *know* that most Muslims feel this way. And it pains me to no end that a few extremists get to taint a whole faith. Shalom to you, my brother.

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Even now, in the middle of the worst moment since 1948, there are Palestinians and Israelis working to forge a future together. Because there's no other future. Any word or action that helps these people move forward is good. Anything that makes their work harder is bad.

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Five months of writing in one tweet: Terror is always wrong. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Release all hostages now. Let the aid flow. Neither the Jews nor the Palestinians are leaving. Without hope and a vision for a shared future, this does not end.

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10 days of writing in one tweet: I am sad and angry and appalled. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Freedom and dignity for all. Release the civilian hostages now. Let the aid in. Stop and think. Without a vision for a shared future, this does not end.

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If you can drop bombs on Yemen, you should also be able to drop food in Gaza. The lack of urgency—and the lack of political vision—is mind-boggling.

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So when and how did I realize that we are all fully human behind these lines that separate us? I was born in Jerusalem, and raised mostly in Peru and in Mexico. When I was 15, my family moved back to Israel, and at 18 I was drafted into the Israeli army for three years of

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Three distinct camps here. Palestinians and Israelis who still want to work for peace. I love them. People on both sides who are too pained and angry right now. I love them. Western antisemites and Islamophobes fanning the flames. They can go jump in a lake.

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@AmiDar

5 months

Even now, in the middle of possibly the worst moment since 1948, there are groups of Palestinians and Jews working to forge a future together. Because there's no other future. Any word or action that helps these people move forward is good. Anything that pulls us apart is bad.

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Ami Dar

@AmiDar

5 months

Like most kids, I was taught to see the world in terms of "them" and "us," Arabs and Jews. I'm so done with that. My people, my real people, are all those between the river and the sea who want to share this place in some way. The road will be hard, but we will win in the end.

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