The only 'happy ending'
Which brings us to the question: How can these mythical peoples make peace with the world, their neighbours and themselves?
Simple. By taking a leaf from Pope Francis on Trump's plan to build a wall with Mexico: "A person who only thinks about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." Or, we may add, "not Jewish".
Both Armenia and Israel must reach out to their respective self-inflicted foes, the Azeris and Palestinians, and build bridges, work out some kind of union. Reinvent the Soviet heritage of genuine multiculturalism. It won't be easy, but it is the only reasonable answer that will put an end to enmity and unending war.
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*This has recently changed for Israel. It discovered offshore gas, which by international law should belong to the Palestinians, but is now being exploited by Israel.*Fr Ron Rolheiser, "Nearer to God, the nearer to suffering" Catholic Register, June 26, 2016.
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