Widow leads factions past Mideast conflict
DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Tarrant County News: "The Israeli war widow traveled to North Texas to tell Muslims and Jews they can live together in peace.
The power to heal the deepest pain and loss is inside us all, if only we love one another with a childlike heart unclouded by the bitter leavings of politics and history, Hagit Ra'anan told a group assembled Thursday at the University of Texas at Arlington.
'To me, peace is when I look at you and see myself,' Ms. Ra'anan said. 'There is no blood that is cheaper or more red than the others'. There is no mother that suffers less than the other society. It goes both ways, Israel and Palestine.
'We can live together. We have no choice.'
To those gathered at her interfaith talks this week at universities, churches and homes, her message was provocation and inspiration.
Ms. Ra'anan spent several years paralyzed by grief after her husband was killed by Palestinian fighters in Lebanon and she miscarried their child.
But she eventually found that loving her one-time enemy was the path from hatred and suffering. She has spent more than two decades since working for reconciliation between Muslims and Jews."
A lesson here not just for the GOP, but for all of us.
The power to heal the deepest pain and loss is inside us all, if only we love one another with a childlike heart unclouded by the bitter leavings of politics and history, Hagit Ra'anan told a group assembled Thursday at the University of Texas at Arlington.
'To me, peace is when I look at you and see myself,' Ms. Ra'anan said. 'There is no blood that is cheaper or more red than the others'. There is no mother that suffers less than the other society. It goes both ways, Israel and Palestine.
'We can live together. We have no choice.'
To those gathered at her interfaith talks this week at universities, churches and homes, her message was provocation and inspiration.
Ms. Ra'anan spent several years paralyzed by grief after her husband was killed by Palestinian fighters in Lebanon and she miscarried their child.
But she eventually found that loving her one-time enemy was the path from hatred and suffering. She has spent more than two decades since working for reconciliation between Muslims and Jews."
A lesson here not just for the GOP, but for all of us.
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