Robi Damelin's 28-year-old son was killed by a Palestinian sniper while working in the IDF army reserves. The mother of two turned her anguish and despair into a force for good — working to improve the lives of both Israelis and Palestinians.
Because her family vocally opposed the South African government, Damelin said, it wasn't safe to remain in the country. People, like those in her family, often went missing for months or disappeared entirely because of their vocal anti-government stances.
Damelin's first job in Israel was for the Jerusalem Post, when, according to her, it was a much more"liberal" newspaper. Then, she moved to Tel Aviv, got married, and had two sons — Eran and David. Damelin said as her sons were growing up, she couldn't believe they would eventually have to go to the army.
So David served again before the tragedy that unfolded on March 3, 2002, when a Palestinian sniper killed him. "I have a sense of gratitude that I could be a part of the change for other people... almost saving their lives in a very strange manner and changing this attitude of hatred to something completely different," she said.
Then, a few years ago, Damelin was in South Africa where she met a woman whose daughter was killed by the African National Congress military wing. The mother had gone through a truth and reconciliation commission and eventually told the man who killed her daughter that she forgave him.
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