Author: Alexander Fattal

I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable with the word “peacemaking.” It’s hard to place that discomfort but it is located somewhere around the feeling that it’s presumptuous — that peace could just be made, as if there is a formula, as if enough expertise could engineer it. I’m not against peacemaking, don’t get me wrong, but I’ve come to prefer my peacemaking humble; small-scale, low expectations, consistent over time, and with real impacts on people’s lives.