http://rabbibrant.com/2008/01/20/wading-through-the-waters/ A Blog by Rabbi Brant Rosen Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:56:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://rabbibrant.com/2008/01/20/wading-through-the-waters/#comment-2843 david demere Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:16:29 +0000 http://shalomrav.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/wading-through-the-waters/#comment-2843 Hello, thank you for writing about your experiences. . YOur blog was recently recommended on the bulletin board of the Belfast, Maine, UU church. I'm glad that it was.. As I read your comments about the Israeli/Palestinian (I/P) conflict, I am reminded of a friends divorce and divorces in general. In divorce situations, neither party wants to fight, yet they keep fighting. They can't seem to stop being adversarial. It takes outside parties to help- to set guidelines, stop harmful behavior, remind them of their love for each other, to force agreements. I am usually one to think people can work things out for themselves. But as with divorces, I am thinking that the solution to the I/P situation may well need to come from outside- from the international community... I don't have the answers, yet I desire to put out the energy/prayer/intent that there will be a respected, strong, clear group that will take charge and help stop the unintentional,undesirable patterned cycle of violence- that both sides will be thankful to have some help; that trust in this intervening body will be built, hands tied so that violence is reduced. .. It can happen. Shalom, David D Hello, thank you for writing about your experiences. . YOur blog was recently recommended on the bulletin board of the Belfast, Maine, UU church. I’m glad that it was.. As I read your comments about the Israeli/Palestinian (I/P) conflict, I am reminded of a friends divorce and divorces in general. In divorce situations, neither party wants to fight, yet they keep fighting. They can’t seem to stop being adversarial. It takes outside parties to help- to set guidelines, stop harmful behavior, remind them of their love for each other, to force agreements. I am usually one to think people can work things out for themselves. But as with divorces, I am thinking that the solution to the I/P situation may well need to come from outside- from the international community… I don’t have the answers, yet I desire to put out the energy/prayer/intent that there will be a respected, strong, clear group that will take charge and help stop the unintentional,undesirable patterned cycle of violence- that both sides will be thankful to have some help; that trust in this intervening body will be built, hands tied so that violence is reduced. .. It can happen. Shalom, David D

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