Obstacles to Peace in Palestine.
Peace will not be found in the meeting rooms & halls of delegates and diplomats. It is to be found solely in our hearts & and in our minds, and once found it can be moved from those abstract places to the reality of the meeting rooms to hammer out the fine details. So, beyond the obvious, what is it in the hearts & minds of Israelis & Palestinians that makes peace so hard?
26 min readFeb 1, 2024
“Civilian casualties were threatening the entire relationship between (Mohammad) Karzai and the coalition… and undermining the perception of the coalition’s commitment [to] secure and serve the people… If you are killing civilians, then you are obviously not protecting them.”
General David Petraeus, Former Commander ISAF, Afghanistan, on the dilemma that faces every wartime commander (1).
Give peace a chance…
I’ve been thinking about peace a lot, and then it occurred to me, I’ve only been considering the mechanics of peace; the peace process if you will; how peace is achieved; how peace is won. But I had given little thought to what peace actually is. So I turned to that indispensable…
