Palestinian & Israeli activists share a vision of peace

Maoz Inon, an Israeli entrepreneur whose parents were killed by Hamas on October 7th, and Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian activist who lost his brother to violence in an Israeli military prison, advocate for peace and reconciliation as a necessary alternative to cycles of retaliation. Despite their profound personal losses, they reject revenge, arguing that military force and walls fail to provide security or address the root causes of the century-long conflict. Their collaborative work, documented in their book *The Future Is Peace*, emphasizes the importance of acknowledging multiple historical narratives, including the Holocaust and the Nakba, to foster empathy. By traveling together across the Holy Land, they model a path of dialogue and humanization, asserting that sustainable change requires bringing all stakeholders to the table and prioritizing a shared, just future over the destructive patterns of the past.