Years ago in Israel, I ran into an old settler who said to me, with utter confidence and cheer: "Peace will come. The momentum is always for peace." At the time I was in despair about the situation, and I was astonished by his comment. He was not a naive, sentimental person but someone who had seen tremendous hardship in Israel, and in Europe before he came to Israel. But now I believe that he was absolutely correct — that the momentum is always for peace.

Maia Duerr, Not Turning Away by Susan Moon