There is a need for mutual understanding to accept the obvious: the destruction of Israel or the vanishing of the Palestinians are impossible scenarios. Coexistence between the two peoples is the inevitable historical horizon.
This entails ending the poisonous narratives delivered by leaders from both sides, ending rampant settlement construction, changing school textbooks that demonize the Other, supporting common initiatives like Ecopeace to protect shared environmental heritage... all conditions that will pave the way for peace.
In Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche stated “Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy’s staying alive”. His words resonate with this conflict where the Other is reduced to their role as a hereditary enemy.