Thousands gathered Monday night in Tel Aviv for a rally calling to stop the war, and make peace, led by dozens of organizations. Speakers included families of fallen soldiers and of hostages held by Hamas as well as peace activists Ghadir Hani and Maoz Inon. Renowned Israeli historian, Professor Yuval Noah Harari gave a keynote address.
"We can argue about when exactly the Jewish people and the Palestinian people were created, but what is really important, is that now both exist here," said Harari.
"Unfortunately, too many of us refuse to recognize the oh-so-simple fact that there is a Jewish people and a Palestinian people here, both of whom have a deep historical and spiritual connection to the land and the right to exist on it," he said.
"Each side is afraid that the other side is trying to make them disappear - and both sides are right," said Harari, saying that fears that Palestinians want to eliminate Jews and fears that Jews want to eliminate Palestinians are justified.
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