[Ed: I did not write this but I wish I had. I do not know the original author.]

Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel’s part, the following two sentences really say it all:

If the Arabs [...]

The cease-fire in Lebanon begins as this entry is published.

Poems for Peace
Petach — The Opening

I am sitting at the opening of Abraham’s tent
wondering what the tent opens onto –

inside are the children of Abraham
his various wives
soon they will leave each other
some day [...]