The recent peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, which provides for a ceasefire, the gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and the simultaneous release of hostages and prisoners, has been received by the world with a mixture of hope and caution. It is not the first time that a similar document has been signed, but each attempt at dialogue remains a deeply human act: believing that, even after horror, it is possible to rebuild.
However, beyond the headlines, there is something we must look at honestly: the cycle of violence cannot be broken with diplomatic agreements alone. The war does not begin with missiles; It begins much earlier, in the hearts that learn to hate, in the children who grow up fearing the “other,” in the generations that inherit wounds that have not healed.
As a leader and observer of the human soul, I have learned that peace is not signed, it is cultivated. And it is cultivated in the way we talk about the enemy, in the ability to listen even to what hurts us, in the recognition of human dignity above any flag.
The conflict between Israel and Palestine reminds us of a universal lesson: when a society becomes accustomed to pain, it begins to justify it. On one side and the other, there are mothers who cry, children who do not understand why the sky becomes an enemy, families who only want to live with dignity. The tragedy is that, in the midst of ideological noise, those voices remain silent.
This agreement can be a turning point, not because it guarantees immediate peace, but because it calls us to an uncomfortable and necessary question: do we want to be right or do we want to heal?
Forgiveness is not forgetting. Justice is not revenge. And true peace is not imposed: it is built, brick by brick, with small renunciations of the ego and great gestures of humanity.
Hopefully this ceasefire is not just a pause in the war, but the beginning of a different war: the war against inherited hatred, against indifference, against dehumanization. Because the real enemy is not the other. It’s what war has made of us.
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