No word can describe the October 7 massacre.
No argument can justify it, not even one’s own suffering or history.
On the contrary, when we have suffered, we can refuse to harm innocent human beings.
Ironically, many of the 1200 victims were peace activists and supportive of Gazans. Not all were Jewish. A few were even Muslim.
As a reminder, some of the victims are seniors, youth who were dancing, children, and even infants (a baby, Bibas, is still in captivity. Can you imagine his family’s suffering?).
They were massacred, raped, kidnapped, and/or their dead bodies were disrespected. Some of the latter are fellow Canadian citizens. May their families have lots of courage on the first anniversary of their tragedy.
May the memory of the dead be eternal.
May all the injured heal, physically and mentally.
May the kidnapped be freed. May their families be finally relieved.
May inner peace prevail in the hearts of the survivors. Same wishes for the grieving families, as per the French-Canadian song shared below.
May the same G-D/Allah/God of love forgive the perpetrators of this carnage for their barbaric behaviours, especially if they were under any substance abuse. May he inspire them to re-connect with their critical thinking and sense of perspective. Only then, they can resist, whatever they want to resist, in more peaceful ways… and even with humanity.
Until then, may God have mercy on the Middle East, including Bambi’s beloved Lebanon.
Amen. We should always remember and pray for the hostages, especially on this day.