2023 - There were heart-breaking scenes, as a Palestinian hostage was released after 11 years of solitary confinement, and seemed unable to recognize his family or understand what was going on.
We should all be aware that Solitary Confinement is torture, whether it happens in an Israeli jail cell, or in the US, or in the EU. It is torture and it happens every day in our own countries too. [video]
I found you
in the dead of night-
a lost and lonely wanderer.
So I took you in,
cleaned up this house and
made space for you to stay.
You stayed for a while and
we felt lonely no more.
This house became our house,
and when it was your time to leave,
this place was never the same
no matter how many times I
tried to fill your absence.