Is world peace a dream?

Is world peace a dream? How important are national borders? What does the native land mean to citizens? Was there ever a time when there was peace between Israel and Palestine? We wonder but there are people whose lives actively seek answer and solutions to these questions. There are places in the world where war is the norm and temporary cease-fires are the only taste of any kind of peace.

 

Elias Chacour, is a Melkite Catholic priest. He was born into Palestinian Christian family and lived in the village of Biram in Upper Galilee in 1939. Following the footsteps of his saintly parents, he has made peace and reconciliation between Israel and Palestine his life’s mission.

 

An Amazon review of his book Blood Brothers summarizes, "As a child, Elias Chacour lived in a small Palestinian village in Galilee. When tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed and nearly one million forced into refugee camps in 1948, Elias began a long struggle with how to respond. In his book Blood Brothers, he blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It offers hope and insight that can help each of us learn to live at peace in a world of tension and terror."