Breaking through police lines, Israeli protesters run in front of food convoys, sit at the border gates with Gaza, singing Jewish songs, and even hold rowdy techno dance parties.
Adam Ben Shabat has grown up in an Israeli village dedicated to coexistence. Half the families are Jewish and the other half are Arab-Israelis. He and his friends talk about everything and Ben Shabat thinks they can work everything out. But the current war in Gaza is testing that belief, and leading the young man to wonder what the future holds.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, visiting this month, called on Israel to ensure the passage of humanitarian aid for Gaza through Kerem Shalom. But there’s no apparent effort to stop Israeli teens from blocking aid, even if it means innocents starve.
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