#057 What Would I Want?

10/30/23 • 53 min

Looking with genuine care at the source and nature of conflict in Palestine.
"It is entirely possible for two sides in a conflict to both be guilty of separate and irreconcilable transgressions that do not justify either nor balance each other out."

This episode is an invitation to pause, reflect, and resist the urge to form quick opinions. With the understanding that conflict cannot be resolved through one side being right, we aim for a transcendent perspective through which everything can be held and reconciled. Our focus is not just on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, but on conflicts that manifest in various forms—be it emotional, political, or otherwise.
Most of all, it is part of a mandate we each need to consider and own to be open to this necessary form of generosity and courage, in a word Leadership, whereby can live up to the claim that we care more about a path to peace, than we do about retribution and vindication.

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Transcript

If we are not open to this necessary form of generosity and courage, in a word Leadership, we cannot claim to care more about a path to peace, than we do about retribution and vindication.

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