I don’t want our kids to meet at encounter groups, to learn to empathise with the “other”
I don’t want them to hear of the Holocaust, to learn how our homelands became our graves
I don’t want them to talk about the Nakba, the right of return, and how long it takes
I don’t want to fear that in my nascent country, we risk annihilation again
I don’t want to fear that in my exile, we risk losing the chance for a homeland
I want our kids to play together and never conceive that they are the “other”
I want to meet over coffee, as your friend
I want the Nakba to be forgotten, and “never again” to be so obvious we never have to say it again
I want the memory of war to be banished from our hearts forever
Carole St. Laurent
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015