The Future Is Peace

A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land

De: Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon

Narrado por: Aziz Abu Sarah, Magen Inon

Two lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine, both of whom have lost family in the conflict, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land and discover the mythic, political, and personal history that divides but also binds them and their peoples.

“[A] short but immensely poignant account of a shared journey across Israel and the West Bank . . . raw with pain and rage and yet bravely insistent on the imperative of hope.”—The New York Times

“We do not see ourselves as Palestinians and Israelis, or as Jews and Arabs, but as human beings who believe in fostering a culture of dialogue, a culture of forgiveness, and a culture of peace. To those who see only division lines, we say: If you must divide us, let it be as those who believe in peace and equality and those who don’t ... yet.”

Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon forged a bond of brotherhood when the world expected them to be enemies. Both have lost family to the conflict. Both have known the bitterness of righteous anger. Yet, they chose a different path.

In The Future Is Peace, Sarah and Inon take readers on a transformative weeklong journey across a sacred and bloodstained land. Facing competing narratives, they explore how compassion and unity can pull humanity back from the precipice of blind hatred. Throughout their travels, they have been constantly asked: In the face of so much loss, how can we ever find hope? Their answer is always the same. One cannot find hope. We must create it.

This book is a rebuttal to a broken world and a bold challenge to the belief that more violence can ever bring security. Told with unflinching honesty, their story is proof that peace is not a naive dream, but a courageous choice—for reconciliation to heal the wounds of revenge, for partnerships to change a destiny of war, and for empathy to save us from drowning in sorrow.

Pairing unapologetic candor and inspirational prose, Sarah and Inon are sending an urgent message that the people have the power to make change. Peace is inevitable. For Palestinians, for Israelis, and for the world that awaits their example, it is not just possible—it is the future.

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“The achievement of Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon’s short but immensely poignant account of a shared journey across Israel and the West Bank is that it remains true to the horror while refusing to be defeated by it. It is raw with pain and rage and yet bravely insistent on the imperative of hope.”—The New York Times

“If there is ever to be a sustainable settlement in the Middle East, it will come not from bombs and bogus peace boards but from ordinary people coming to respect each other and tolerate each other’s differences—and even finally to enjoy them. This moving book shows the essential first step on that path, as two courageous men stop hating each other and start talking together. If you’ve lost your faith in the future, read this beautiful book by two people who’ve found it.”—Brian Eno, musician and songwriter

“A book of hope in a time of despair. After unbearable personal suffering, Aziz and Maoz refuse to give up on a shared future in Israel Palestine. Here they show us how it can, and must, happen.”—Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize–winning author

“Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon are not only brilliant guides to the tortured geography of the Holy Land but also guides for how to retain our humanity, no matter how much pain we endure. They remind us that, despite oppression, violence, and even genocide, Israeli Jews and Palestinians can live together equally, with justice and in peace.”—Peter Beinart, author of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza

“The Future Is Peace is a remarkable book that brilliantly captures ‘the inescapable network of mutuality,’ accessed so powerfully by Martin Luther King Jr. It’s a passionate book, carefully constructed and heartbreakingly true. The message is both simple and immense: We are all helixed together by our humanity. As a guide to the torn heart, it also allows a vision of repair.”—Colum McCann, bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin

“Hopeful and inspirational, The Future Is Peace is a walk through the land and history of Israel and Palestine that shows how two peace activists—an Israeli and a Palestinian—respect each other’s narratives and dare to dream magically of peace amid the reality of conflict.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore, bestselling author and historian

One of the best books I’ve read

These stories are incredible but this book also gave me hope that I haven’t had since Oct 7. The future really does have to be peace.

Five plus stars

This is a book about more than solely peace. It is a book of unlikely connections, powerful peaceful activists, resiliency, and hope.

The Best Future is Peace

Lot's of timeless wisdom on peace building. Many excellent examples of when peace was eventually successful in very difficult situations in the past and when many thought it could not happen. The story of these two men is equally compelling in that people can give up the cycle of violence, revenge, fear and despair. Instead creating a better future for others and future generations.

Hope

Amazing journey of human suffering and compassion moving them forward and offering hope especially during this time.

Eye Opening!

This is a very eye opening book. You never hear both sides of the story in the news. Now want to read about the history of this area.