Masha Gessen writes about Jewish anti-occupation activists in Israel and the United States, and their varied reactions to Hamas’s recent attack in Israel.
Gvaryahu drafted a statement based on what he knew so far, leading with the events of Saturday morning: “Hamas’s attack and the events unfolding since yesterday are unspeakable. We are heartbroken to watch terrified civilians besieged in their homes, innocent people murdered in cold blood on the streets, at parties, and at home. Dozens taken hostage and dragged into the Gaza Strip. Every one of us knows someone who has been tragically affected.
When I spoke to Michaeli on Tuesday, she was on her way to a Bedouin village where she and other Israeli activists had been practicing “protective presence”—spending the night, again and again, to try to deter Jewish settlers from encroaching on the land. The same day, I was trying and failing to get hold of Arik Ascherman, an American-born Israeli rabbi who leads protective-presence efforts.
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