At first, I felt nothing in the face of the Palestinian suffering in Gaza. But when I saw the graphic images of children being torn apart by Israeli bombings, I was released from the narrative of exclusive Israeli suffering. I couldn't believe the brutality carried out in my name
In the first months of the war in Gaza, the Israeli response to the October 7 attack, I believed in the justness of its goals: returning the hostages and eliminating Hamas rule in the enclave. It aligned with the things I believed in, and I even wrote op-eds about it for international media outlets, where I advocated for disarming Hamas, demilitarizing Gaza and reinstating the Palestinian Authority there with international security guarantees.
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