Word: vigil
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Joey Shabot '01, former co-chair of Hillel's interethnic committee, approached SAS representatives last week about the possibility of a joint vigil to mourn casualties in recent conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians...
...cannot mourn for an Israeli defense soldier in the same vigil in which I mourn for a 12-year old child hiding behind his father's back, or a friend of mine who got killed, because they are civilians in their hometowns, while the soldiers were sent by the government to enforce the Israeli occupation in the West Bank," said SAS President Rayd K. Abu-Ayyash...
...Hillel vigil wanted to include everyone including the soldiers, and there is the difference, we could not morally do that," he said...
Shabot said he regretted that the two groups could not agree on a joint vigil...
...think it's unfortunate that the two groups couldn't come together on a certain political stance, which is somewhat understandable since it's such a politically tumultuous time," she said. "If we had a vigil and the theme was peace, it would be kind of empty because everyone wants peace but everyone has a different conception of peace...