Vivian Silver knew no good could ever come of war
The veteran Canadian-Israeli peace activist has been confirmed killed on October 7th, aged 74
Sometimes truth could come from the mouths of babes. This time it came from Vivian Silver’s two small sons. They had made a friend of Nassar, a Palestinian labourer who worked at their kibbutz, and wondered why, after the second intifada, he wasn’t working for them any more. She explained that he had no permit to come over now. “Why not?” one son wondered. “Because there is a big conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis.” “What is it over?” “Land,” she told him.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “A hundred ways to peace ”
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