On April 11, 2002, Martine Guerret (who lives near Chicago) wrote:

Thank you for your wonderful web site.  I will forward it to many of my friends and other people on my email ad. book.  I believe that it is the responsibility of each one of us to truly understand the meaning of peace and do something about, "une prise de conscience personnelle vers une prise de conscience universelle."    With Internet it is now easy to create "an international ring of peace".  It is time to understand and respect each other culture... and stop being so egocentric...  I am so pleased with your initiative.  It is smart and sensitive.  Thank you.

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A. S. (Columbus, Ohio) wrote: I found your proposal, though well-meaning, totally inappropriate. There is only one Jewish state in the world and, you may have missed it, at the recent Arab summit there were 22 Arab states. There has been no attempt by the Arab states with the exception of Jordan to integrate Palestinian refugees into their countries. Why not? . . .

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On Sept. 11, 2003, Fred Brailey, of Orangeville, Canada, wrote:

F.B. Your proposal has a lot of merit. It reminds me of the self-imposed but still incomplete unification of Europe. Perhaps Europeans felt compelled to make this seismic change after suffering terribly through two world wars and the Cold War.

T.H. You make an interesting point. Postwar Europe has taught us that after enough generations have suffered and enough blood has run in the streets, pride (racial, national, ethnic, religious) can give way to more humane and life-affirming instincts. I imagine that the Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Holy Land are about ready now to make a similar sacrifice for peace, even if their leaders (and ours) are not there yet. ...

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