This is an important week. We’re approaching the second anniversary of the Gaza onslaught, and some day it will be recorded that the Gaza onslaught changed everything.

It’s important to me personally, too, because I’m coming up on five years of this site, and in our fundraiser I’ve talked to a lot of the donors, by email, and gotten a real sense that the American conversation is changing.

The following note should be deeply inspiring to anyone who comes to this site. It’s from an American writer who doesn’t want to give her name, but says she reads important work here. When I read a testimony like this, I feel great about all the hours people have devoted to building this site, and also very optimistic that if we keep at it, other good, thoughtful Americans will catch a clue: