Intro...

Hi,

Thank you for joining me in my private place called mind...
I will start by sharing a little about myself, so you will know where I came from. This however, is no guarantee to where this blog will lead me in the ways of thought, and where it will take you along in the ways of understanding the impediments of peace in the middle-east.

What do you want to hear first? How I describe myself politically? What is my education? The political views at my home while growing up? Don't you think knowing this will make you read my posts in a prejudiced way?
OK, you've been warned... spoiler ahead...

Let's do it chronologically. I am Jewish (usually this will suffice for most prejudices).
My father was politically active as a youth in one of the branches that finally came to be united to the Likud party - the biggest party leading the coalition that nowadays governs Israel. It is defined as "the major center-right party in Israel" (according to Wikipedia. I would rather define them as "light-right". Not much center in them, though not an extremist party as well). I guess that by now you are moving to the next blog, aren't you? but wait... these things are not always hereditary. Mostly are, but not always.

How do I consider myself? well, if I wasn't living in Israel and concerned for my personal security and the security of all my fellow Jews living in Israel and around the world, if I was an European resident for example, I believe I would consider myself a belonging to the left wing of the political spectrum. Perhaps even to the left side of the left. If I lived in the US, I would doubtless be a Democrat. Now probably those that didn't considered moving on to the next blog are considering to do so... you should also wait.

In Israel? well, the combination of my moral believes that all people are equal, that all people are entitled to be free and be respected, and the brutal reality - in which there has not been a single decade in Israel without war or some intensive warfare, all this mixes me up to be in the center. In the middle between Left and Right. In the middle of Western and Islamic cultures. In the middle of Morality and Survival. In the middle of confrontation. In the Middle East.

So, are you looking for some intellectual confirmation for condemning the behavior of Israel as a nation? I don't believe you will find it here. Are you looking for some intellectual confirmation for condemning those condemning Israel just because it is Israel. I don't believe you will find it either.
What will you find? Thoughts. Contemplations, not about the theory of morality - this we can find in many philosophy books and articles long ago published. Contemplations, not about militarism - this we can find in no less books and articles around the globe.
Thoughts, contemplations about pragmatism and survival while not forgetting morality. Thoughts, contemplations about what drives the Israelis, the Palestinians, to where it will take them, us.
Thoughts. Contemplations. Perhaps even hope.
(and some weird ideas...)

This is My Voice of Peace.