Melissa Hope Matlins

A proposed solution for peace in the Middle East, discovered on a wall near Dizengoff Circle in Tel Aviv. This simple sentiment reflects a central problem of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the larger web of sectarian conflicts in the region (well-described in Tom Friedman’s New York Times editorial today) change won’t happen as long as each faction hates the other more than they love their own children.

A place of wonderment, spiritual enlightenment, natural beauty, vitality and dynamism, I found the Middle East to be practically everything but peaceful! More to come on my travels.