{'fraction_non_alphanumeric': 0.02098635886673662, 'fraction_numerical': 0.0, 'mean_word_length': 4.781818181818182, 'pattern_counts': {'":': 0, '<': 0, '<?xml version=': 0, '>': 0, 'https://': 0, 'lorem ipsum': 0, 'www.': 0, 'xml': 0}, 'pii_count': 0, 'substrings_counts': 0, 'word_list_counts': {'cursed_substrings.json': 0, 'profanity_word_list.json': 0, 'sexual_word_list.json': 0, 'zh_pornsignals.json': 0}}
The Israeli Peace Camp in Dark Times

The title of this essay comes from Hannah Arendt’s book Men in Dark Times, a collection of essays describing the activities of men and women who provided a glimmer of light and hope during sinister periods. “Israeli Peace Camp in Dark Times” invokes the meaning Arendt ascribed to her title but also adds another dimension. It is not only that the Israeli peace camp is attempting to provide a light during times that—according to all accounts (right and left)—are dark. In addition it has recently experienced its own share of darkness. At the critical moment, the Israeli peace camp faltered: it remained silent when it should have cried out, it became complacent when it should have resisted, and it betrayed its partners when it should have expressed compassion and solidarity. Examining this second dimension, the darkness within the peace movement rather than the one surrounding it, will be our subject here.