Dear Mahmoud,

Thanks you for reading and for responding. I think about this a lot too, how this war will end, the cameras will leave, world leaders will turn away, the Instagram stories will stop, but the pain and grief will remain. My only hope at this point is that we meet this moment to find a resolution, like you said. No more generational trauma.

One of my favorite chants at Israeli anti-occupation protests is "we're the generation to end the occupation". And I really believe that, it's us. We're going to find a path to peace in this place, we have to.

Thank you again and hope you and your family are safe