I wish you peace! I wish peace to every Pakistani and every Indian, every Ukrainian and every Russian, every Israeli and every Palestinian, I wish peace to all people! War is not waged between people, but between political interests. We tend all too easily to allow ourselves to be abused for this purpose... Stay safe!
Thank you, @weisser-rabe, for wishing peace upon us. Our people are certainly welcoming this mediation, and we truly hope it succeeds…
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With all due respect, I must say that the definition of “peace” seems very different on the other side.
For them, peace appears to mean bullying us into submission—or worse, seeking our complete eradication.
As I clearly mentioned at the beginning of my post, I am not a political person. And until recently, I had been living under the illusion of neighborly goodwill.
But these past few days have revealed a level of hostility and irrationality that left me truly baffled.
What struck me the most was how visibly upset their media seemed with the announcement of a ceasefire.
Why such disappointment? It felt as though they didn’t want the conflict to end until they had inflicted irreversible damage—God forbid.
It makes one question: what kind of mindset, what kind of government, responds this way to de-escalation?
Absolutely. Agreed!
You hit on a good point: anyone who tries to somehow define, interpret, interpret ‘peace’... doesn't really want it. Peace is universal: the renunciation of all violence.