Who Will We Be After the War in Gaza Is Over https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-12-26/ty-article-opinion/.premium/who-will-we-be-after-the-war-in-gaza-is-over/0000018c-a2ac-d97c-a9ec-beef345c0000
Long before the accursed Shabbat we were at the height of a culture war that the government declared against anything that radiates humanist and universal values, while enforcing an ultranationalist and religious agenda. After October 7 it seemed for a moment that these battles were suspended, because after all, only "Together We Will Win," right? Well, no. The spread of these festering wounds has only been accelerated under the sponsorship of the disaster and the war.
It pounds on our temples and rages in our bellies. Who will we be after the war? Will there be a place here after the war for anyone who still believes, like Shaul Tchernichovsky, "In man, in his spirit, a strong spirit," who insists that in the future "It will bring peace. And a blessing from nation to nation"? Will as Natan Alterman promised, the melody that we abandoned in vain return?
Is it true, as in Lea Goldberg's scorching question, that "days of forgiveness and mercy shall return?"