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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem

‘Do not use our pain to bring death’: plea to Israel from peace activists’ grieving families

Noy Katsman
Noy Katsman: ‘I have no doubt that even in the face of Hamas people that murdered him [my brother] would still speak out against the killing of innocent people.’ Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian

Noy Katsman knew the eulogy for their murdered brother would anger some who came to mourn, but did not want the violence of Hayim Katsman’s death to eclipse his life as a peace activist.

Grief and loss at Hayim’s slaughter was magnified by watching Israel launch a war in his name, said Noy, who is non-binary. So at the funeral, relying on a Jewish tradition of respect for the bereaved, Noy called for it to stop.

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