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Dec. 13, 2020
The sea returned the body of Yonatan Heilo to the shore in Netanya. The collective requests for forgiveness were launched into the air when his tragic death became known, which merged with the rift over what was, wasn’t and will never be again.
A soft beam of light, too soft, was shined at the stations of his life and exposed how a person tumbles onto a blocked path in search of a way out he can’t find. Every chapter in Heilo’s life, someone who immigrated to Israel with his family from Ethiopia when he was 6, could radiate socio-systemic darkness that wound a noose around his neck – without entitling him to a chance for life.