My dear friend @RepRaskin just said something that was short but full of truth: “War doesn’t work.” I agree. It doesn’t. There must be a ceasefire in Israel. The ancient Hebrew prophets knew it. The brown-skinned Palestinian Jew who I follow knew it. War doesn’t work.
Behind the scenes of war are always people on both sides who benefit from & use war as a destructive distraction from the real issues. We need a ceasefire in Israel on both sides.
Women & children on both sides are dying. They are disproportionately Palestinian, but I mourn the death of any human being made in the image of God—Muslim, Jewish, Christian or Hindu; people of faith and not of faith.
War doesn’t work. We don’t need more weapons systems or more provocation from extreme leaders among Palestinians, Israelis, or extremists in the U.S. Congress. War doesn’t work.
Our government must do everything it can to get a ceasefire now & then work unceasingly on the justice that is needed in Israel & Palestine.
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