Science Buzz Cafe: Apology to Gaza from a former Israeli Paratrooper

In August 2024, Sebastopol’s Ofer Zur, a psychologist and citizen of Israel, flew into the warzone and sent an apology in the form of a paper airplane over the wall into Gaza, asking for forgiveness (in Arabic) for what he did as a soldier in Gaza in 1970. For his actions and those of other Israeli soldiers, he says he feels partly responsible for the Oct. 7 massacre. Hear his intellectually nuanced and heartfelt view of this seemingly intractable international and humanitarian crisis.

Monday, Nov. 11, 6 pm, at Hopmonk, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. $10.