The sad thing

For a while, I thought that people here didn't make peace a priority. I mean, people talk peace all the time, but they want this land, the other person should do this, what about those soldiers, what about my grandmother's house that was destroyed. Peace seemed way down the list of priorities, below justice and/or revenge, or the increase in political power.

But I did talk to an Israeli the other night who said something interesting. He felt that most Israelis today who are not ultra-Orthodox really want peace with their neighbors, including an independent Palestine.

The problem, he said, is they no longer believe peace is possible.