'Only appropriate way': On Tisha b'Av, these Israelis mourned Palestinian suffering too

Rather than mourn the destruction of the ancient Jewish temples thousands of years ago, a group of activists commemorated the annual fast day by bearing witness to the catastrophes Israeli Jews had inflicted on others

The fast of Tisha b'Av, which this year fell on a Sunday, commemorates the Churban – the destruction – of the two ancient Jewish temples in Jerusalem.

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