After Being Freed, Israeli Hostage Offers Handshake to Hamas Captor

Source: Social Psychology Network NewsAmid a tumult of grief and calls for vengeance, one victim has offered a remarkable—and controversial—gesture of peace toward the captors and killers who tore through her community. Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, one of the Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas, was being released Monday when, shown in a video, she turned to one of the armed militants, shook the person's hand, and uttered one word: "shalom"—a Hebrew salutation meaning "peace."