| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pope calls for an immediate end to the barbarity in Palestine. | |
| Posted by: | Gerry Boyce | |
| Date/Time: | 28/07/25 21:45:00 |
| I appreciate that summary Steven, you have described the complexity of the situation very well. The past is full of mistakes, missed opportunities and, no doubt, a huge amount of potential gone to waste. As they say, ideally this would not be the starting point, but here we are nonetheless. The lack of trust between many parties is an enormous hurdle that will take generations to overcome. Before any meaningful foundations can be laid upon which a peaceful co-existence may be built, the right of Israel to exist needs to be accepted fully and right of Palestinians to self determination too. I have no illusion that this will be anything other than a long, difficult and extremely painful path to take and I would not want to simplify or minimise the complexities of the situation by suggesting there is an easy answer. I am convinced though, that what we are now witnessing will just lead further into the heart of darkness. Words and actions instead of weapons and war should now be given a shot! |