There Must Be Peace Between Symbols (op-ed © 2005)

Originally published in the Westchester County Journal News and then re-published online in Thinking-East here. –CS 13.06.2008

What has constantly frustrated the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process has been the countless would-be peacemakers’ neglect of the dreams, nightmares and ideals that fuel the Conflict. Even if a political peace is finally achieved, there shall still remain oppression and terrorism, cynical colonization and nihilistic insurgency, only transmuted into subtler, more intangible formulations.