The Israelis who want a ceasefire in their country’s war on Gaza

More Israelis are echoing global calls for a permanent or temporary ceasefire, but their reasons differ.

West Jerusalem – “I don’t believe in this war and I don’t believe that the goals of this war can be achieved,” said 39-year-old Avital Suisa.

“This war is pointless.”

That blunt position is not typical for Israelis, but neither is Suisa.

She’s an activist from West Jerusalem, and is a firm believer in the two-state solution, even as Israeli society drifts away from that position, and one-state apartheid rule becomes more entrenched on the ground.

Suisa also regularly travels to the occupied West Bank, where she tries to discourage and even fend off settlers from attacking vulnerable Palestinian Bedouins.