The Holy And The Broken: A tender but searing dialogue about the Israeli-Gazan conflict by one of Israel and Melbourne's most clear-sighted peace facilitators for readers of BALCONY OVER JERUSALEM

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How the power of human connection can build Israeli-Palestinian peace.

For over twenty years, Ittay Flescher has worked as an educator, journalist and peacebuilder in Melbourne and Jerusalem. When he woke up on the morning of October 7 to the sounds of rocket sirens over Jerusalem and later saw the devastation of Gaza in response, the grief and sadness that engulfed him - and so many other - led him on a deep path of soul-searching and moral reckoning.

Following years spent facilitating dialogue between Jews, Muslims and Christians, Ittay believes that peace can only be found if we are willing to empathise with the pain of those who have hurt us most.

The Holy and the Broken challenges Palestinian and Israeli leaders, citizens and their supporters across the world to imagine a different reality.

Ultimately, it is a story that is sure to comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable.

Author Bio

Ittay Flescher is the Education Director at Kids4Peace Jerusalem, an interfaith movement for Israelis and Palestinians and the Jerusalem correspondent for Melbourne's Jewish Independent (formerly Plus61J Media). As an insightful analyst of Israeli politics and society, he has contributed to Haaretz, Crikey, ABC Religion and Ethics, Jerusalem Post, Fathom and many other publications and newspapers. Before moving to Jerusalem on a journalism assignment in 2018, he was a high school educator in Melbourne for 15 years, teaching Australian History, Jewish Studies and Religion and Society.