Published:
April 25, 2021
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CFJ member Rich Forer’s new book, Wake Up and Reclaim Your Humanity: Essays on the Tragedy of Israel Palestine, is available in paperback and digital at Amazon and other venues.
With its insight into the longstanding struggle between Israel and the Palestinian people, Wake Up and Reclaim Your Humanity focuses on the psycho-spiritual roots of suffering and conflict, commonly misinterpreted historical issues, and the humanity that lies at the heart of the tragedy.
The book tells the true story of a lifelong supporter of Israel who underwent a remarkable spiritual awakening in which he realized he was as much Muslim or Christian as Jew, and as much Palestinian as Israeli or American. Existential fear and confusion, the hallmarks of separate identities, were transformed into compassion and clarity and an unequivocal vision of the roots of suffering spontaneously arose.
Recognizing that endless conflict only leads to alienation from our true selves, Wake Up encourages readers to look at the documented history of Israel-Palestine and get in touch with how they view and interpret that history. It offers readers a path that leads to freedom from false beliefs, enemy images, and the illusion of identity to equal rights for all people and a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
Beit Ummar
What happened during this war was really terrible mostly in Sheikh Jarrah and Gaza. Gaza was destroyed. The situation was very bad here in Beit Ummar and the West Bank in general. Israeli soldiers were coming into the town daily even more than once a day. The soldiers caused many troubles for those who were coming to or leaving the town. They were spread everywhere on the entrance of Beit Ummar and on the balconies or roofs of citizens' houses, and their guns were always pointed at people. To be honest, we didn't fear them at all; even the youngest went out to resist. Yes, Gaza was destroyed; many people were killed, many arrested; and there was always tension - but our voice reached many countries around the world. Huge numbers of people became our supporters and saw the truth. Israel definitely had not expected that or the destruction that happened in their living area.
Currently, it's not as bad as before, but we don't know what might happen later.
