I have created this web site in order to make public some of my writings, especially those on the Middle East conflict. I want to reach Palestinian people in the hope of providing some comfort: I am a Jew and former Israeli who sees their suffering and acknowledges its origins. I want to reach Israelis in the hope that my views and feelings will perhaps help to free them from their trauma, enough to see the situation more clearly, and not only through the distorting lens of their fear.
This site is also for the rest of the world. There is a lot about the Middle East conflict that is confusing, and I believe that my unique position allows me to cut through the confusion. The Middle East conflict has implications for everyone because its origins lie with the trauma inflicted on the Jewish people in Europe by centuries of institutionalised persecution, racism and discrimination. If there is a lesson to be learned from the current situation in the Middle East, it is that trauma breeds trauma. If we want a safer and better world for everyone, we must stop all actions that inflict trauma on anyone anywhere.
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