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May. 22, 2021 10:22 PM
A pro-peace rally in central Tel Aviv on Saturday drew several thousand participants, calling for Jewish-Arab partnership and urging Israel to work toward resolving its decades-long conflict with the Palestinians, which flared up over the past two weeks with deadly fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Author David Grossman told the crowd at Habima Square: We, Israelis, still refuse to realize the time is over in which our power can force a reality that s convenient for us and only for us, for our needs and interests.
Ayman Odeh, leader of the three-way Arab-majority Joint List, said in his speech that War is only good for the warlords… for Benjamin Netanyahu, but it s bad for both peoples. There are civilians in Gaza and there are civilians in Israel, and we have to keep them out of the circle of terror.