Dan Rather: "It is possible to ache for those on both sides of the divide."

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In the horrific pictures, videos, and stories from survivors in southern Israel, we see and hear of inhuman cruelty on a scale almost impossible to believe. In the rubble of Gaza and the panic of civilians desperate to flee violence, we measure the full tragedy of war.

To mention both and feel pain for all is not false equivalence; it is an acknowledgment that human suffering will be the most enduring legacy of this conflict, as it is of all wars.


There is a pit deep in the stomach that comes from trying to reconcile the irreconcilable. We should be wary of absolutes. We can hate Hamas and recognize Israel’s need to protect its people while still feeling for the Palestinian people who face their own unimaginable terror as an invasion looms. It is possible to ache for those on both sides of the divide.

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