Contrary to What the Mainstream Media Reports, Israelis and Palestinians Are not Enemies

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The truth is undeniable: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.” Lord Acton With longevity comes many lessons based on experience and observation. I have learned that all men are weak and evil is all too often a stronger force than the desire to do good. I am not opposed to any religion, but I do reject the way some religious leaders twist the words and ideals contained in the New Testament of the Bible, in the Quran, and the Torah. When I was much younger, I was a Catholic. I read the Bible. The old testament is composed of mostly “fairy tales:” stories passed by mouth from man to man. However, the New Testament is a retelling of the teachings of Jesus Christ. I have also read parts of the Quran and a few translated passages from the Torah. Nowhere in any o...