Published: 23 January 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Dafna Meir’s husband 's words 'go straight to the heart and reverberate around the whole country,' president says. ‘The message I want to spread and which I have repeated to all those who have come to pay their condolences is to stop sharpening swords, and look for what unites us, Natan Meir told the president, according to a statement released by Rivlin’s office. 'We know well the hatred, enough of this. The true solution is love. I talk with my children each night, and I have not heard from them one word of hatred.’
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And see: Mourning Dafna Meir, her family refuses to give in to hatred – The Times of Israel 21.01.16
Husband says his long-time Palestinian friend, a relative of the killer, paid a shiva call. ‘Dafna wanted to bring grace and kindness back into this world,’ her husband said, referring to their desire to foster children from troubled homes. ‘We don’t have anger. I am not angry at anyone. We don’t fill ourselves with that. We don’t curse Arabs. I sit and talk with my kids and I haven’t heard a single word of that. We’re not people who hate. Dafna and I weren’t brought up that way.’
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