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"Hamas’ vicious attack on southern Israel on October 7 and Israel’s ruthless
response have sparked a global campaign for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to
Palestine’s occupation.
Once the fighting stops, the world’s attention will shift to tough “day after”
negotiations, which would necessitate, among other things, painful and risky
concessions from both sides.
Given the vast deficits of trust and favour between Israelis and Palestinians,
such concessions will be extremely difficult to achieve.
Decades of mutual grievances, tit-for-tat violence, daily rights violations of
Palestinians and intergenerational trauma have eroded whatever goodwill may
have existed once for the “other side”.
And while learning about the tragedies of others can support healing and
reconciliation processes, turning victimhood into a competition has produced
polarisation and distrust.
The only hope for peace now is of a plan imposed from the outside.
To encourage faith in the process, mediators will have to demonstrate both
fairness and a previously missing commitment to push the parties into making
such concessions – on assurances of robust and durable international support.
Even then, changes of leadership will have to take place for any meaningful
breakthrough to occur."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
