On the Trauma-Driven Response to Israel

Trauma, I have come to learn, can be with a small “t” or a big one. It comes to mean, ultimately, a response of losing connection with ourselves and with each other. It can also mean adapting well to a toxic culture, while in reality sensitivity and humanity have been buried.

A quote: “All the men were killed, and any men who were captured alive were tortured to deal…; the women were gang raped. Some were killed, some tortured. …vengeance could always be a motive for slaying hostages. Babies were invariably killed.” (Earlier on there was mention of the babies…