by Burton Feinberg
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven … A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.” So says the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Certainly, we know times of hate and war. But after a century of killing and incredible suffering in the Middle East – particularly in Iran, Gaza, Israel and Palestine – haven’t lessons been learned? Haven’t conclusions been made that there will be no victory, that there cannot be substantial change (peace) without compromise? Albert Einstein famously said that one definition of insanity is to continually do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. By that definition, the repeated conflicts in the Middle East are definitely insane, and basically unethical.