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    Amid Israel-Gaza violence, a personal drive to preserve humanity and hope

    May 23, 2018 5 minutes
    Tami Suchman, from Kibbutz Be'eri on the border with the Gaza Strip, says she is deeply disturbed by the loss of Palestinian life over the last several weeks of violent protests and says some of the blame falls on Israel. "Everyone knows that without negotiated deals there are no solutions,” she says.

    Minutes after Imad walked into the kibbutz dining hall just over two weeks ago he was engulfed by a wave of Israelis hurrying to him with open arms, pulling him in for long hugs.

    It had been over a decade since this Palestinian man in his 50s, a resident of Gaza, had seen these friends or stepped foot in this communal village where he worked most of his life.

    A week later and a few miles away along the Gaza-Israel border, 64 Palestinians were killed and more than a thousand wounded by Israeli soldiers as protesters – demanding their “right to return” to Israel and an end to the crippling Israeli economic blockade of Gaza – surged toward a perimeter fence.

    Between the Gazans and Israelis, animosity and distrust runs deep. Three successive

    Fear of tunnels, anger at firesAdvocate for dialogueThe weight of doubt

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