Ofer Shinar
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What is the hardest thing about devoting all of your time to this work?
I think it's not only that it's very, very frustrating to work for peace in our present times, but it can be very frustrating to work where I'm working, because it can be a very difficult organization to work in, it's a different place, it's very emotional, it's tense, it's difficult to work there. And for me, I'm trying to take it as easy as possible, as the work is very draining emotionally. It's demanding to such an extent that I spend a lot of time playing the piano... I can imagine. The thing that connects everybody there is that they have lost someone. You have their memorial days, you have their birthdays, you have all kinds of issues, you have the news that shatters their life every day, and these are your colleagues and your friends, and you want to help them and you cannot help them. They might think differently about the issues, and they might also say, "perhaps you are right, but I have to say such and such a thing, because this is why, let's say, my daughter has been killed, that's her legacy." What can I say, you know?