Roy Cohen, an Israeli of Arab-Jewish descent, and Palestinian citizen of Israel Aseel Asleh met in the 1990s as teenagers at a peace camp in Maine, USA. They became close friends and advocates for a shared future without violence – a hope that would never be realised. In the historic events of October 2000, Aseel was killed by Israeli police, leaving Roy with a wound that never healed. Since then, he has never stopped speaking to Aseel, seeking his moral clarity amid escalating injustice.