no doubt this was a difficult column to write, but Haggai Mattar's ability to hold his own pain and fear as an Israeli, while also holding that of Palestinians, is such a model for where we need to go
"The dread Israelis are feeling right now, myself included, is a sliver of what Palestinians have been feeling on a daily basis under the decades-long military regime in the West Bank, and under the siege and repeated assaults on Gaza."