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.
Peace is elusive.
The Palestinians want the homeland that has been taken away from them. They want to be full citizens in a land where they can vote and own property. The people of Israel say all they want is a place where they can live in safety. Both sides will fight, and die, for what they believe, just as generations have died before them. Peace is not coming easily in the Middle East.