How to Establish Peace in the Holy Land

How to Establish Peace in the Holy Land Ten Point Program Sisters and Brothers, I am thankful to the organizers of The Peres Centre for Peace for giving me the opportunity to address this world audience. When I received the invitation, I was reluctant to participate, and it was almost certain that I would not be attending this conference. But then a miracle happened. On the night of September 23, 2008 I had a dream in New Delhi. It was a very clear dream. In this dream I saw myself addressing a large audience. At that time, I uttered these words which I wrote down in my diary the same night on waking up. These were the words which I spoke in the dream before the Conference: ‘The Arabs and the Jews both must know that they cannot go on fighting forever. In life, peace is the rule and war is the exception. War is costlier than any other course of action, so both parties must try to find some practical formula for the establishment of peace. Let me just say that the Arabs must accept Israel as a legitimate state by totally abandoning violence against Israel, and Israel must agree to make such territorial adjustment as is acceptable This paper was presented at a peace conference organized by the Peres Center for Peace, Tel Aviv, on October 28, 2008. The theme of the conference was ‘New World, New Peace’.