I also believe that AIPAC is realistic about the impediments to any peace that include not only the rockets of Hamas and Hizbollah, but the ambitions of Iran, Al Qaeda and millions more believers in the Muslim Brotherhood. It is a tough neighborhood and to paraphrase the words of former Ambassador Dennis Ross: Far too often America has been inconsistent in its use of carrots and sticks in the Middle East. There is a role for AIPAC.
But I believe there is also a role for people of all faiths to work for peace and to build relations between Muslims, Christians, Jews and others here in America and in Israel/Palestine. It is this second track of dialogue and diplomacy between people that can help our nation and theirs to accept an “other” and begin meaningful reconciliation in schools and on the ground. It is through this person to person education that I believe together we can remake our communities and our world. If we don’t do this work, then AIPAC is left to defend the State of Israel against all comers and worse, America will rot from the inside out.
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