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WENDY ELLIOTT: Let’s cultivate positivity instead of hate

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.”

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King, who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs, always preached that love was more powerful than hate. And yet it is hard to see that dynamic in today’s world.

A friend of the family, Vancouver-based lighting designer and playwright Itai Erdal, has long aimed to provide an alternative view to what he was taught growing up in Israel.

He served with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Lebanon and experienced war firsthand. That experience made him eager to learn more about the conflicts that started in 1948.

The title of his play, Soldiers of Tomorrow, was supplied by his eight-year-old nephew.

Several years ago the lad came home from school with a box that he was supposed to fill with meaningful items to send to frontline soldiers.

On the inside lid, his teacher had written, ‘For the soldiers of today from the soldiers of tomorrow.’

During Itai’s youth, he and his sister were taught that mandatory military service might not be needed if peace prevailed, but that view didn’t last.

“I feel like I was lied to and somewhat brainwashed growing up, being fed the same coverup that had been going on for 75 years,”........

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