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Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression.

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.

In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.

Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.

Since Israel does not differentiate between attacking this group or that, we are saying our people can work individually or collectively to face this aggression.

It is an exaggeration to call the Hamas and Islamic Jihad announcement a military alliance. It is rather a message that our people are united in the face of Israeli aggression.