I couldn't sit down and write about the nervousness that many Israelis felt about what was going on. But after a few weeks of calm unrest, where nothing too major is happening, I can express how many Israelis feel. Last Saturday night, I was in Tel Aviv at the five-year anniversary of the death of Yitzchak Rabin. There was a huge rally where 150,000 people felt that what Rabin was doing and believed was right and still should be done. Peace cannot be born from violence.
Violence only begets violence.
Peace will beget peace. Israelis feel that fighting is enough and peace is where we should be going. There were lots of speakers, including Mosik Katzat, the President of Israel, Ehud Barak, the Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister, Dahlia Perstof-Rabin, Daughter of Rabin and a leader of the Meretz party, plus there were singers like David Broza and Shlomo Artzi to sing about peace. The feeling at the rally was representative of the feeling all over the country, that peace is essential. But what is seen all over the world is Palestinians throwing rocks and being shot and killed by IDF soldiers.