Weekend Argus Saturday

Mom shares why her heart bleeds for Palestine

War

In 2011 mother, grandmother and crime activist Jasmine Harris stared death in the face and lived in a reality where children were being killed as a war raged.

This is now the driving force for Harris, 64, who is rallying for peace in the region, as war between Palestine and Israel rages on, and she has joined marches and vigils.

For more than a decade, Harris has never forgotten the frightened faces of children she met in Hebron, a Palestinian city.

The haunting

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