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The Israeli-Palestinian saga needs a twist; paradigm shifts with new metaphors, uplifting stories with more openness, questioning the legitimacy and authority of deeply rooted dogmas. These are tools that enable us to succeed going from darkness – the terrible realities we face – to the amazing possibilities of tomorrow. “We must start by rejecting the narratives we are told, to tell our own stories, becoming the storyteller rather than the person who is told what to do,” says Rebecca Solnit²³.

The people of Israel – Palestine are intertwined for millennia. Wouldn’t it be an ironic twist if the indigenous people in the Region were genetically connected to Ancient Israel? Their gene pools still exist. They have lived in the same region from the beginning. Don’t people living contiguously beget others, one after the other? Palestinians could be just as much if not more Israelite than the Israelis; and, seven (7) percent of the Palestinians are Christians. “How Does One Reunite a Million-Year Old Rain Drop With a Million-Year-Old Blossom? ”²⁴

And, why does the Israeli-Palestinian clash, the defining feud of our times²⁵, enrapture the world? Could it be that our hearts belong to Zion, that we all carry the DNA of the original Israelites within our souls? We know how many seeds are inside an apple. Only God knows how many apples are in one seed. It is time that the people of the Region greet each other with “Welcome Home.” Prolonging the struggle is “sadness silence can’t touch”²⁶.

Each day we must make choices from the good, the bad and ugly within us. We are all obligated to help build a bridge between the Israelis and the Palestinians. If peace is possible there, it is possible everywhere.