On this website, we have addressed love, justice, and peace, but we found them all absent or absented. As for talking about the truth, it settles deep agony in the heart, especially on these days when humanity is descending into deep pits. It is the truth for whose cause people die. Notable philosopher Socrates referred to it saying, “The comfort of the wise is in the presence of truth, and the comfort of the foolish is in the presence of falsehood.”
At times of conflicts and wars, peace is talked about shyly, sometimes considered a sign of weakens, and tread upon cautiously. The fact remains that peace is a powerful weapon in the face of evil.
Following is the English-language translation of a text of an Arabic-language article by Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan Bishop Jamal D'aibes reflecting of the current situation in the Gaza Strip dated October 28:
The international community may be divided. But it is important to find a political solution to address core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We need a coalition supporting human solidarity to revive the peace process and to achieve equality and justice.
The tragic explosion and dangerous escalations in the Palestinian territories are the inevitable consequences of the absence of a fair political solution to the Palestinian issue, which has resulted in the ongoing humanitarian disasters.
I write these words in the vicinity of the Dutch city of The Hague. It is a city that suffered in the past by Spanish, Belgian, and French colonialism, while in World War II it was subjected to British bombings--as friendly ones--and sustaining hundreds of victims. Throughout the past ages, many of its people were displaced until it became at present one of the most important Dutch cities. Though it is not the capital, yet it is the headquarters of the King and the Crown Prince, as most of the governmental departments are located there.
“The Internet is not our enemy,” said Belgian journalist Florence Hainaut who participated in the three-day “Future of Media and Communications Conference" that has been held by the Center for the Protection and Freedom of Journalists to discuss the future of media and communications, the challenges of reality
The word "titanic" is an English-language word, which means something possessing exceptional strength, size, or power. This word was chosen over a hundred years to refer to a gigantic ship that served at the time as a model for a unique, advanced, and highly sophisticated liner which contained all the facilities needed for thousands of people who wished to cross the seas in an atmosphere of extreme joy and ease. This luxury ship was assumed to be firmly invincible in the face of huge sea waves and hardships that could be encountered though navigation.
