Peace usually comes only after a long struggle, after many attempts and perhaps even war.
Every night we have news coming to us from the Middle East telling of more violence. Every night we hear the news of more rock-throwing Palestinian youths who have been gunned down by Israeli soldiers, of Palestinian snipers firing on the soldiers, of car bombs exploding, of Arab children going to bed at night with Israeli tanks aimed at their bedroom windows. We hear of the likelihood of the battle spilling over into Syria and Lebanon and involving many Arab nations, maybe escalating into full-scale war. The international community calls for resuming the peace talks and initiating the Camp David accords. But progress is slow.