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Posted on | November 29, 2008 | No Comments
Saturday night. I took this Shabbat day off to rest, before I write this blog. The parents of the little baby who was saved in Mumbai, as well as the other Israelis kept hostage there are dead. I postpone thinking of that until evening news time. Can’t contain this sadness now. Spent some time with friends near Jerusalem. All social-environmental activists, eager to hear about my experiences with PeacexPeace. My friend Noa called to say she got an e-mail from some dialogue group she joined, telling her about our book. So exciting to realize the book is out there in the world! Noa is writing her PhD dissertation on the legal rights of Bedouins on the land in the Negev for CIIS in San Francisco and is very minded to peace issues. Lovely to think how many of my friends are supportive of my activities, and especially now with Peace by Peace. It’s still a bit of an enigma to my family. Like many of Israelis whose origin is from north- African and Arab countries- they are quite right-winged. “We know them better than anyone and therefore don’t trust them” they say. I suppose they are haunted by their past, being persecuted for being Jewish. How can we convince them otherwise? The state definitely did not make that effort… Maybe will start small, with me affecting my own family. It always starts at home.
