It is employment and health. Peace is hope for our future and the future of all God's children and God's world. Peace is when we have no fear to assemble, worship, work, publish and say the truth even to the powerful. Peace is Salaam, well being for all, with equality, and respect for human rights. Peace is when everyone feels at home and is accepted with no barriers of age, sex, race, religion or nationality.
Peace is action that is dynamic and positive.
Peace is that fragile harmony that carries with it the experience of the struggle, the endurance of suffering and the strength of love. May we all be strengthened to work for this kind of peace. Jean Zaru is vice president of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. She is also Presiding Clerk of the Society of Friends in Ramallah. Our decisions are not made according to international precedents but according to our needs and interests.