After a weekend in which at least 100 people across Gaza were killed as they sought food and water – violence that elicited no formal EU response – the monarch’s message stood out.

It was a packed house for the American Friends of the Parent Circle Families Forum invitational breakfast on July 25. The forum presented a curriculum, “Listening from the Heart,” which develops meaningful exchanges designed to foster reconciliation over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Hala Arafat cried out to be rescued from the rubble for hours; the IDF targeted anyone who tried to help. An hour away in Tel Aviv, life goes on as normal as the Air Force carries out another war crime

This proved to me that it’s possible – even effective – to cooperate, even when the past is so complex and the present is bleeding, to create a sustainable future for both nations.

The cause of peace is very difficult. In fact, many people call it the “problem” of peace. It is much more difficult than war. It must be built from the ground up.

As the ensuing war in Gaza continues to claim countless lives, some Israelis and Palestinians are trying to break the cycle of violence.

Florence’s mayor, Sara Funaro, made up her mind after seeing a video of a song by Israeli singer Achinoam Nini, also known as Noa.

The Fiorino d’Oro (Golden Florin) of Florence, the Tuscan capital’s highest civic recognition, was awarded Tuesday to Bushra Awad and Robi Damelin, two women, one Palestinian and the other Israeli, united by the most heartbreaking of losses: a son killed by the violence of the conflict.

It would be understandable for anybody watching the news from Israel and Gaza and the West Bank, to perhaps think that Israelis and the Palestinians are deadly enemies who all hate each other. This is of course simply not true.