" Reconciliation between the two peoples is the only guarantee for a lasting peace."

The Parent's Circle response to Gaza, which I agree with:

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01/01/2009 PCFF's official response to the war Once again the South is caught in the carnage of war, creating a new wave of families to join the dreadful club of bereavement. Hundreds of dead and wounded. These people will never be the same, not only physically, but also trauma will leave its ugly mark. The Parents Circle - Families Forum for peace an reconciliation is convinced that: 1. The solution to the conflict will not come from violence, but rather from dialog and negotiation. 2. Only a true and durable peace will be the cure for the pains of our two societies, and end bereavement which is the consequence of war. 3. Reconciliation between the two peoples is the only guarantee for a lasting peace. 4. Reconciliation is possible, we prove this in the daily work of the Parents Circle - Families Forum, and we offer our work as an example to all with the motto: "If we can, everybody can". "The image of the enemy is a moral and political burden because you are negotiating with someone whom only yesterday you called an oppressor, a murderer or a terrorist. You promised your followers that this person would be severely punished as a reward for the oppression they had lived through. Your followers, meanwhile, are telling you justice requires punishment. They ask: "How can you negotiate and talk to a person who is responsible for all the disasters of our people? ....I am negotiating because I have chosen the logic of peace and abandoned the logic of war. This means my enemy of yesterday must become my partner. He may still be my opponent but he is an opponent within peace, not within war." Adam Michnik - Polish Activist