דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי-נֹעַם וְכָל-נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Proverbs, 3, 17.
Orthodox Jews For Peace is an Organization representing Jews from all streams of the Orthodox community who believe in the discussion and promotion of a peaceful solution to the current conflict in the Middle East.
We believe the notion that the Jewish and Palestinian peoples are inherently incapable of coexistence is a mistake.
This mistake has unfortunately been accepted by a large part of the public, as well as by increasing numbers on both sides of the conflict, and has led to an enormous of amount of innocent bloodshed..
This mistaken idea has been promoted at times inadvertently and sometimes purposefully by politically motivated individuals on both sides.
Our experiences coupled with our understanding of the religious texts involved tell us that the ideological strivings of both our peoples pose no contradiction to peaceful coexistence.
We thus reject the viewpoint that living together peacefully necessitates compromising our religious aspirations, we rather subscribe to the view that through understanding our differences we can coexist peacefully while strongly adhering to our respective religious traditions.