The Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems insoluble, with leaders entrenched in their hardened positions while the people pay the price. This conflict resembles a war of attrition, inexpiable. At the same time, the risk of setting the region ablaze must not be taken. Israel is ready to do anything to survive, to no longer be led to the slaughterhouse. However, it would make a gesture of good faith by returning at least part of the annexed territories, which would relieve the overcrowding of the Palestinian refugee camps, which are on the verge of becoming unbearable.
This situation tragically shows the impossibility for any war to be the solution to a conflict. It highlights the need to go through discussion to resolve a dispute. It is an exacerbated case of human divergences. In a letter to Le Pailleur (1648), Pascal writes: “as all disputes of this kind remain eternal if someone does not interrupt them, they cannot be completed if one of the two parties does not begin to finish.”
But neither side seems willing to “start to finish.” Is negotiation possible when neither side sees any reason to give up anything? Hostilities will likely continue as long as Israel does not feel that it has eradicated the threat of October 7. […]
Weary of war, we will end up signing a peace, imperfect certainly, but finally a peace that will at least resemble a ceasefire, if not peace.
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