Esparanza: A Daily Outsider Public Service Initiative

  It Couldn't Be Done Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But, he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that; At least no one has done it"; But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failure; There are thousands to point out to you one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin, Just take off your coat and go to it; Just start

  A protester wearing a watermelon yarmulke and a keffiyeh makes a peace sign at a protest in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images “We don’t need purveyors of hate, we don’t need provocateurs – we need peacemakers,” Sholto Byrnes wrote this week. Reacting to the contentious acts of some people over the Israel-Gaza war, his powerful column reflects on the need for multifaceted thinking instead of the dichotomous rhetoric we are seeing play out the world over. He highlights two particular peacemakers who are “putting themselves in the shoes of the other”. Palestinian Ali Abu Awwad and Israeli Ami Dar are self-described solution-makers and “Siamese twins” who believe “a shared commitment to dignity and justice is possible”. The pair came together for a TED talk earlier this year and echoed and supported one another question by question, especially in their calls for non-violent activism. The panel session is packed with many, many stand-out statements, rallying sentiments and to quote the host “