I cry out to all my fellow humans:

For over two months, all aid deliveries have been blocked in the daily bombed Gaza Strip. As the World Food Program (WFP) announced on Monday, the approximately 470,000 survivors have now reached the most extreme stage of a food crisis: the threat of starvation.

Can a person who remains silent at this still be called human?

Please do something; whatever it is. Wake up your friends. I can’t do anything myself but send you this anguished cry. Help! Help!

A non-violent solution will be found only if all of us do something.

How can a human being remain silent over such injustice? Please, at least scream. And loudly. On the internet — wherever you can. You can!

Thank you.

Your Brother David


Br. David Steindl-Rast
Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB

Brother David Steindl-Rast — author, scholar, and Benedictine monk — is beloved the world over for his enduring message about gratefulness as the true source of lasting happiness. Known to many as the “grandfather of gratitude,” Br. David has been a source of inspiration and spiritual friendship to countless leaders and luminaries around the world including Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Merton, and more. He has been one of the most important figures in the modern interfaith dialogue movement, and has taught with thought-leaders such as Eckhart Tolle, Jack Kornfield, and Roshi Joan Halifax. His wisdom has been featured in recent interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Krista Tippett, and Tami Simon and his TED talk has been viewed almost 10,000,000 times. Learn more about Br. David here.

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