I live in Cologno Monzese, a city that officially supports Hand in Hand.
Hand in Hand is a Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel that was founded to build peace between Jews and Arabs through development of bilingual and multi-cultural schools.
Here the link: Hand in Hand
that's really excellent. the only "side" of the israel-palestine conflict i support is the minority of jews and the minority of arabs working together to deescalate the conflict.
i realize it's complex, and probably most people see it as impossible without getting rid of one "side," but there's no point in having faith in god if simple human decency is something we can never hope to achieve. it stands to reason that if two peoples must fight over something for centuries because they want it so badly, they are going to need to learn to share it to avoid a pointless and unpleasant life. if they cannot, then their children can.
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i realize it's complex, and probably most people see it as impossible without getting rid of one "side," but there's no point in having faith in god if simple human decency is something we can never hope to achieve. it stands to reason that if two peoples must fight over something for centuries because they want it so badly, they are going to need to learn to share it to avoid a pointless and unpleasant life. if they cannot, then their children can.