Thread by @omdimbeyachad

It feels surreal to reach the one year mark of this horrific, bloody reality. >>

One year since Hamas’ horrific attack on October 7th and 101 hostages are still being held in captivity. Israelis are still displaced from border communities, people in Gaza have faced unrelenting bombardment, and we are at the beginning of a new war in Lebanon. >>

The West Bank has been burning from settler and military violence, and the occupation is deepening. Our society within Israel is fragmented, fearful, and in a never-ending trauma that our extremist government ministers are using as a tool to justify this eternal revenge war. >>

This is one of the darkest periods that this land has ever experienced, but we refuse to believe that our reality has to look like this forever. For as long we can remember, people who called for peace and non-violence were considered “naïve,” stupid, or even traitors. >>

If the past year has taught us anything - it is that there is nothing more naïve than believing that this cycle of bloodshed and wars is sustainable. There is nothing more naïve than believing that the path we have been on until now is a path we should stay on. >>

The truth is that on this land live millions of Palestinians and millions of Jews, and nobody is going anywhere. Working toward a sustainable peace that guarantees everyone freedom, safety, equality and independence is imperative for anyone who wants to see a future here. >>

The fates of Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs, are tied. So no, we are not naïve, and you are not either. >>

In the face of decades of bloodshed and a year of unfathomable violence, we are insisting on Jewish-Palestinian solidarity and calling for an end to the bloodshed once and for all. We are fighting for for life, in the face of our leadership that only speaks of death.>>

We call on everyone around the world to pick a side, but for the side not to be Israelis or Palestinians, for it to be all of us, the Israelis and Palestinians on the ground who all deserve a real future, against our leaderships that are dragging us into the abyss. >>

There is another way.