In 1999, my sister Naela was killed in the streets of Jerusalem. Naela was a public-health consultant who dedicated her career to the rights to life and justice. But her death, as much as it devastated and distressed me, opened a tiny window of hope. Joining the Parents' Circle Families Forum, a group of Israelis and Palestinians who have lost loved ones but who still seek reconciliation based on mutual respect and understanding, I have come to realise, and for the first time in my life, that Israelis have never looked Palestinians in the eye Read more...