robi damelin is the mother of david damelin who was killed in march of 2002. her appeal to sanity is in today's (saturday's) haaretz.
No winners, just broken hearts
Mothers of Israel, Lebanon and Palestine: How many more graves until we shout stop? How much collective mourning until we shout stop? Let us look into each other's eyes and recognize each other's pain with empathy; let us see the human being behind the green and the blue. Let us force all to come to the table and not to a grave to talk. How many more of our children need to die before we realize there is no revenge for a lost child? We cannot let them take our children away without a word. Where is our voice in all this madness?
it seems like a message that needs to be heard over the rockets & bombs. i have really nothing much to add to it, no scintillating analysis, nothing more than an "amen" as a father. the title to this diary was taken off the comments.
stop the killing.