Here we are on Easter Day, one of the two holiest days in the Christian calendar. What better time to be focused on peace and brotherhood?
And yet we have war hawks circling and ready to pounce on the framework agreement for a negotiated settlement of the Iranian nuclear program, both in the U.S. and Israel.
Netanyahu is determined to kill the deal, saying it threatens the existence of Israel. No, it does not. It may kill the political future of Benjamin Netanyahu, given his commitment to non-negotiation either with the Palestinians or the Iranians, or anybody else for that matter.
But I think it is time to give peace a chance. The Iranians have lived up to every detail in the agreement thus far that was entered into six months ago that got us this far. It's true, they have not been trust-worthy in the past; but then neither have we, or any of the other negotiating partners, if we look backward in history.
It is time to take a chance on peace. Anything less will surely lead to war.
Happy Easter, peacemakers. It is you who are living up to the words of Him whose symbolic resurrection is being celebrated today.
Ralph
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