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The column by Hayes Gahagan published on Sept. 2 invites much reflection. How we all long for simple religious guidelines for our struggles that seek justice and peace in our nation and the world.
I believe we must go much farther in our search for this than Gahagan offers. A “Reformed perspective” on Palestinian statehood that he applies fails to represent struggles of all faith communities during the past centuries. To claim that one Protestant theological definition can provide the answer is, I believe, a tragic error. A simple example is found among the Palestinians themselves, many of whom are Christians.
My experience began in the 1970s with the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East. This continues to strengthen my understanding of the commitments of Jews, Christians, Muslims and others to a peaceful process toward Palestinian statehood. And it still exists. Existence of the state of Israel is not questioned by all.
There is a truly ecumenical movement in political programs and educational institutions. In the midst of the horrors of the present violence, no one headline or statement about a solution can be trusted.
Ralph Moore
Rockland
