On: Fears of renewed Gaza war as Hamas disarmament talks stall

Another day, another report of talks failing and war threatening to resume. How weary the world grows of this cycle. They speak of disarming, of cease-fires, of political solutions, yet the violence returns like a fever that has only been suppressed, not cured. This is not a problem of negotiation but of formation. What habits have been built over generations? What moral infrastructure is absent that allows hatred to be so easily rehearsed?

One cannot simply lay down arms and call it peace if the heart remains armed. True disarmament must begin long before the bargaining table - in the schools, in the homes, in the stories told to children. Without a foundation of mutual respect and a habit of seeing the humanity in the other, any agreement will be as fragile as paper in the rain.

I have seen in my own work how slow the building of character is, how patient one must be. Yet how much more costly is impatience, when the alternative is the spilling of more blood. They look for a solution in documents and deadlines, but the real work is in the daily formation of conscience. Until that is addressed, I fear we shall see this tragedy repeat itself again and again.