Overcoming Violence: A Dialogue on Conflict Resolution in the Middle East
Andrea Bartoli, Michael Ostrolenk, Mubarak Awad, Suhail Khan Thursday, 16 September 2010
This is an edited and abridged transcript of a presentation and panel discussion.
Andrea Bartoli:
A series of wars between nations, an ongoing intifada, and terrorist attacks against soft targets among civilians have kept the Israeli and Palestinian population at a high state of alert for over 60 years. Typically, military response to an attack has led to a repeated cycle of violent acts, with both sides hurling recriminations against the other. Is there any way out of this cycle? What can the global Christian church do to help bring peace? Are there any new and fresh approaches?
I am keenly aware of many fellow Christians in the audience and among the organizers, and so I feel at home reminding myself of Jesus' words: "But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment of every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned" (Matthew 12:36-37).
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