Quote of the Week

“There can be no permanent peace in the world until the civilized nations….atone…for their two thousand years of persecution {of the Jews} by restoring them to their national home in Palestine.”—Henry Wentworth Monk, Leading Canadian churchman, in a meeting with Abraham Lincoln, 1863

Peace by diplomacy, a risky bet

By Earl Cox, JPost— Can diplomacy secure lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians, or do obstacles point to the likelihood of war? Seen through the lens of history, peace by diplomacy seems a risky bet, because it depends on the motivation and goodwill of all parties. In 1938, Britain’s Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, waving…