I think that both Israel and Palestine have a right to a homeland and that the two state solution is the only solution. I also know that cultures are constructed. Given these assumptions, I have a few questions:
1. How can we construct a culture of peace in the Middle East?
2. What will it take to move the nations of Israel and Palestine to cooperate with each other? Ultimately, would it not be fruitful for Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon to host the summer Olympics together? Could this sow the seeds of lasting peace?
3. In the short term, we need to ask if religious nationalism is getting in the way of lasting peace. I think that this is the question that the prophet Isaiah would ask us today (confer Isaiah 2). I will define religious nationalism as the tendency to associate religious boundaries with geographical boundaries. In the United States and many other nations, we have demonstrated that it is possible to let go of religious nationalism and still maintain our religious identities. The Israeli peace movement seems to be willing and able to do this. What is the next step?
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