Article: Dabro Leshalom: A Jewish Contemplation of Peacemaking

It has been hard of late to be a supporter of dialogue in this fractured Holy Land. The recent trend toward unilateralism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in large part an expression of disillusionment with dialogue. The “disengagement” or “convergence” plans and the electoral (and military) victories of the rejectionists such as Hamas are part of this despair. Many wellmeaning groups on both sides of the conflict are now tempted as never before to abandon the path of peace through dialogue.

However, for truly religious Jews, as for Christians and Muslims, despair is not an option.

READ MORE  on Boston College eJournals Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2007