This is from Yoav Peck in Jerusalem, part of his blog
post today.
In this unprecedented moment, terrible, wonderful things
are happening simultaneously. Israelis are discovering what it is to be cooped
up in the house, with a frightening enemy lurking outside. A kind of forced
empathy for the Palestinians who have endured closures for 52 years. Corona
does not burst through one's door in the middle of the night, to arrest our 14
year old sons, but it threatens us fiercely nonetheless. And the same secret
service that tracks Palestinian cousins of arrested rock-throwers is now
tracking us!
The utter interconnectedness of us all now is being
driven home to even the most separatist among us. Suddenly, there is a
"WE" that goes beyond borders and checkpoints. Finally, reality is
pounding us with the truth that when any of us are ill, when any of us suffer,
we are ALL in danger. We know that getting on top of this will require all of
us. Arabs and Jews, Druze and Circassians alike.
