19K views · 83 reactions | Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein recently returned from spending six months living in the middle east while working as an advocate for those with disabilities in relation to the Abraham Accords. He recently spoke with MLive reporter Malachi Barrett about living and working in Israel during 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis including why he stayed in the area despite criticism by many back in Michigan while he was abroad. | MLive.com | Facebook

“Sometimes I ask myself why I survived. Sometimes I wish I had died with the others, so I could finally leave Gaza. Death is the only way out,” - Ahmad* describes the lifelong impact of last year’s hostilities in Gaza, Palestine. In May 2021, Israeli airstrikes and shelling on the Gaza Strip killed 256 people, and around 2000 Palestinians were injured during the bombing, including over 600 children and 400 women. Some of them sustained injuries resulting in long-term disability such as loss of l