“All our lives, all our dreams and all of our prayers were dominated by peace in accordance with the biblical command
‘Seek peace and pursue it’…”
Ladies and Gentlemen: we are undergoing a revolution of peace. When it succeeds, we will find ourselves in a new world with added dimensions and concepts. Our personal lives will change for the better, our cultural lives will be enhanced and the whole region will prosper.
The price of peace, calculated in hard currency, is going to rise significantly every year until we stop playing games and pay the price. Therefore we must adapt our national priorities in order to be successful partners in a greater effort!
The Arabs and the Jews have been fated to live together in the same land, even on the same soil. Together we have learned that terror and deceit bring tremendous suffering, humiliation, bereavement and pain to both sides. There have been enough blood and tears shed. Enough!
Each of us would rather build homes, plant trees and live in dignity as free human beings. Therefore let us step up the talks and hold on-going discussions so we can hear each others views and create an atmosphere for good neighborly relations.
We know that there will still be obstacles in our way; but after the obstacles are cleared away, the Arabs and the Israelis will have stronger states, and happier nations in which we can be even more proud to be citizens.
Whenever violence occurs there are scars that linger for both the winners and the losers. Fortunately with peace everyone is a victor; therefore, let us open an exciting, new chapter in our history: a chapter of mutual recognition and respect. We must relearn how to live together in the same way that peace and security can work together.
Security brings peace of mind, which we hope to deliver to each neighborhood, to every school as well as to each and every home. Peace also improves educational and career opportunities bringing everyone more financial security as well.
This is a very auspicious moment, a time of great possibilities and opportunities that we shall do our utmost to accomplish!
It is our duty first to ourselves, then to each other and also to the children yet to be born to do everything possible to support world peace, reconciliation and multicultural cooperation. Therefore we must fit into this quickly changing world, a place where people of various cultures must live closer and closer together and embrace the international peace movement spreading throughout the world.
Until a fair agreement is reached, let us uphold the law and protect the rights of each and every individual, safeguarding the freedom of worship for the followers of all the religions and maintain access to all the holy places.
These are the desires that we wish to turn into realities. Therefore we urge you to be patient, discuss these goals with each other, and let us see peace and prosperity grow in our midst.
1 comment:
I read and reread your Jerusalem Home and Garden plan several times. I noticed the addditions you made in January were all, except Thoreau, assassinated. Not by the ostensible "enemy" but from someone within their own constituency. Where is the real threat. From within ourselves? Do we, the Israelis, seem at peace with ourselves? with our families? with each other? Do they, our neighbors, seem at peace with themselves, with their families, with each other? This is the raw material out of which any proposed peace process must be built. And look at what there is (or is not) to work with. With all the 'benefits' touted by religion, whether Islam, Christianity, Judaism or Hinduism, this is what is the bottom line. Reminds me of God looking down before the flood, seeing into man's heart and deciding to destroy the whole shebang. Eventually he sent the Rainbow as a sign...
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