Children's book author Elisa Kleven talked to me about her mother, artist Lorraine Schneider, whose words "war is not healthy for children and other living things" are, heart-wrenchingly, still as relevant now as they were when she wrote them in the 1960s. https://t.co/BLhyZ6TCpH
Every life is precious. No one is โcollateral damage.โ No one is a โmeans to an end.โ Every person has a name, a story, many possible futures. Dehumanizing others dehumanizes us. And yes, I know that โall wars are cruelโ etc. But all of this is still true. Every life is precious.
"Last night I had to stay awake until Ahmed, who cannot sleep without being kissed a thousand times in his cheeks until he sleeps." Yousef Hammash on what nighttime is like for his kids in Gaza right now. https://t.co/TxKwi5nz90
There is no military way to free the hostages. We can't wait. Hen Avigdori, whose daughter and wife were freed Hamas captivity as part of the hostage deal, insisting that we need to make a deal to return the rest of the hostages alive and not in caskets. Now.