Torn apart by a pitiless war in the Middle East

Once again, the heart-wrenching dilemma is how to respond beyond lament and weeping.

Satellite image of Gaza and part of Israel.
PHOTO: ALAMY/CLAUDIA WEINMANN.

A Jewish Israeli adopted into a Muslim Palestinian family and later ordained as a Jesuit priest reflects on the spark of humanity steadily being extinguished by decades of violence.

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