Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make

The words of Darrell Issa—“Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.”—are spoken with both hope and urgency. They remind us of an ancient truth: that no conflict can last forever, for the heart of humanity is restless until it finds rest in peace. Wars may rage, empires may rise and fall, but peace is the destiny toward which all peoples must eventually turn. Yet Issa adds a challenge to this hope: it is not enough to say that peace will one day come. The higher question is how we labor to bring it forth in our own time, while blood still flows and children still weep.

To say that peace is inevitable is to affirm that violence cannot endure. History proves this, for every war has ended, every tyrant has fallen, every empire of force has crumbled into dust. Peace comes not always as harmony, but as the weary truce that follows exhaustion, as the healing that follows pain. In the land of Palestine, torn by centuries of struggle, this inevitability is both a promise and a warning. A promise, because peace will one day reign there. A warning, because it may take generations of suffering unless men choose the path of reconciliation now.

The urgency of Issa’s words lies in the second half: “How do we make it happen today?” For inevitability without action is only delay. To rest upon the belief that peace will come eventually is to accept unnecessary suffering. The wise do not wait for history to heal; they act to hasten its healing. Just as a farmer must sow seeds today to reap harvest tomorrow, so too must leaders and peoples labor in the present if they wish their children to see the fruits of peace.

History gives us examples of such urgency. Consider the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. For centuries, Catholics and Protestants fought, each side convinced the other was an eternal enemy. Yet when leaders chose to act not tomorrow but today—when they chose dialogue, compromise, and courage—the seemingly impossible became reality. The peace born of that day has not been perfect, but it has spared countless lives and offered hope to a land once drenched in blood. What was once seen as impossible became inevitable the moment men chose to act.

So too in Palestine, the challenge is not whether peace will one day come, but how it can be made real in the present. This requires courage greater than arms, patience greater than anger, and vision greater than vengeance. It requires both sides to see not only their wounds, but also their shared humanity. It requires leaders willing to risk popularity for justice, and peoples willing to set aside hatred for hope. This is the work of giants, yet it begins with the steps of ordinary men and women who choose dialogue instead of silence, forgiveness instead of revenge.

The lesson for us is clear: peace is never a distant dream, but a task for today. It is not enough to hope that future generations will inherit what we have not built. If peace is inevitable, then let us hasten its arrival by our choices now. Whether in Palestine, in our communities, or in our own families, the call is the same: do not wait for peace to fall from heaven like rain. Sow it now, water it now, guard it now, so that it may blossom in our time.

Practically, this means seeking reconciliation in our own lives—mending broken relationships, refusing to pass down hatred to the next generation, supporting efforts of dialogue and justice wherever we can. It means lifting our voices for peace, not in empty slogans, but in real action: in generosity, in courage, in steadfast refusal to surrender to despair. For though peace is inevitable, it comes only through the hands of those who dare to build it.

So let Issa’s words echo like a challenge across the ages: “Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.” Do not wait for history to deliver what courage can create. Do not pass on to your children the burden you could have lifted. Stand as builders of peace in your own day, and you will hasten the destiny that is already written: that war shall end, and peace shall endure.