'All I Wanted Was to Kill Jews': How a Palestinian Sniper Became an Advocate for Peace – and a One-state Solution - Israel Security

'All I Wanted Was to Kill Jews': How a Palestinian Sniper Became an Advocate for Peace – and a One-state Solution - Israel Security

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'All I Wanted Was to Kill Jews': How a Palestinian Sniper Became an Advocate for Peace – and a One-state Solution


Abu Saada. A life path that begins in Gaza, passes through Saudi Arabia and Qatar, rolls on to Kansas City, and from there into a life's work in partnership with a Mossad operative.

Burning with hatred for Israelis after his family was forced to leave Palestine in 1948, Taysir Abu Saada joined Fatah and carried out attacks against them. What led him to become an evangelical Christian – and to believe Palestinians must live in peace within a Jewish state?

Netta Ahituv
FollowFebruary 17, 2026

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A Jerusalem Man Made a Mistake and Landed in Prison. What He Saw There Is Haunting

Marciano. "I learned a great deal from the inmates and owe them thanks. A small number lost their way and will not find it in the permissive and beastly society that doesn't offer a chance to return to the good and doesn't allow for rehabilitation."

In his prison diary, Rafi Marciano, a 75-year-old educator, sheds light on the indignity of life behind bars in Israel

Hagit Brinker

January 24, 2026

September 1. "A new and unknown chapter is starting in my life. I am going to prison to accept my punishment, and I understand that I have to correct mistakes and pay a price for them. Even a wolf that's caught in a bear trap performs a heroic act to break free – it chews its own leg until it's severed, and continues as a free being without a leg. It's a shame I didn't take my precious family into account. I hurt my loved ones. The day will come when I will make amends to all of them."

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