It has been a week of Nobel awards; this morning, along with many others, I'm waiting to see who wins the Peace Prize. It's been a week of grim anniversaries: the 2 year anniversary of the war in Gaza is the primary one that consumed much of the news. But it's also a week where there might be a chance for peace in the Middle East.
I've also been alive long enough to know how impossible it seems to have peace in the Middle East, and how fragile any progress can be. I've seen deals rejected, deals that seemed like good ones to me. I've seen people dig into paths that will lead to certain ruin.
There are people wiser than I am who have many more words than I do. But it seems like we might be at a hinge point here, and I wanted to note it.
I've been thinking of other intractable conflicts which suddenly were solved, most notably the one in Ireland. When that was signed in the late 90's, I thought that it had a slim chance of success. And here we are, decades later, and peace has held.
May it also be so now.
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