Gila Svirsky is a well-known peace activist in Israel. This piece is a heartfelt cry as she observes Israel descending into lawlessness:
“Nonviolence is no longer protection against the brutality of the military, regardless of whether you are Israeli or Palestinian or international. No one should be assaulted for peacefully demonstrating, and yet that has become the norm. Today, any single demonstration that takes place in the territories — whether by Palestinians or Israelis, women or men, nonviolent or violent — is treated to the same brutal behavior of guns, stun grenades, and clubs. And no one investigates the incidents in a serious, unbiased manner, and the soldiers learn that they can be more and more cruel, and no one gives a damn.”