Miko Peled was born in Jerusalem in 1961. His
grandfather, Avraham Katsnelson, signed Israel’s
Declaration of Independence. His father, Mattityahu
Peled, fought in the 1948 war, and served as a
general in the war of 1967.
In 1997, Peled’s 13-year-old niece Smadar was killed
in a suicide attack in Jerusalem. At her funeral,
according to an article summarizing Peled's book,
Ehud Barak, who had just been elected to lead the
opposition, explained that "in order to win votes he
must disguise his real intentions as a 'peacemaker.”
In reply, Peled said, “Why not tell the truth ...
That this and similar tragedies are taking place
because we are occupying another nation and that in
order to save lives the right thing to do is to end
the occupation and negotiate a just peace with our
Palestinian partners?"
Posted August 10, 2014
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