07-18-2014 Looking Beyond the ‘Safety’ of the Hate Narrative by Yakir Englander

http://islamicommentary.org/2014/07/looking-beyond-the-safety-of-the-hate-narrative/



"The Facebook posts of my friends this week — both pro-Israeli pro-Palestinian — do reflect a focus on stopping the violence; that is good. But at the same time they are screaming that the other side is entirely to blame. This discourse does not heal the disease. When a cease-fire comes, I'm afraid that most of my American and Israeli Facebook friends will simply continue on with their ordinary lives as if the current conflict had never happened."



A personal note: Yakir Englander was a member of a closing interfaith panel during the Abraham course at St. George's College Jerusalem a number of years ago. He was a powerful witness then and is now. Please take the time to read this piece.



Donna Hicks

AIME member

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