Losing my faith in humanity: Six years since 'Operation Cast Lead'

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://972mag.com/the-war-that-broke-me-six-years-since-operation-cast-lead/101450/

During Cast Lead I lost much of my faith in human kind, in Israeli society, in the Left and in the hope that one day things will be better here. My ability to love and believe in the goodness of others was damaged.

Six years have gone by, and in some ways I am still picking up the pieces – still trying to make sense of the 1,400 killed, the majority of whom were innocent.

This last summer, like a sprinter competing for blood and tears, we broke our own record in cruelty, destruction, indiscriminate murder and collective hysteria that moved us to seek comfort for our own grief in the blood of the innocent. But like all of us, the occupation is mortal. Better days will come to this land after it is over. And when those days come, Gaza will remain an open wound that needs healing. A crime whose real proportions are impossible to understand, yet demands rectification.

God, please grant the Palestinians the generosity, strength and compassion to, one day, forgive us for Gaza.

[oberliner]

1. The irony of this author writing this article is staggering

I wonder if anyone realizes that.