The flotilla, meant to be a symbolic and non-violent peace gesture, was about 50km from Gaza when intercepted and boarded by the Israeli navy.
Some still wanted an exit strategy, but one woman who's spent 40 years in non-violent peace work reversed her lifelong stand, believing the military should stay and more troops might be helpful.
The metal sheaths are engraved with longings for sex, marijuana, enemies' violent deaths, peace and home.
AS 2008 and the Bush presidency conclude, Iraq has settled into a kind of violent semi-peace.
For many years, the great majority of the violent acts on peace and the makers of peace in the region have come from Arab terrorists; so it is instructive to note that the first attempt at international mediation came to an end, nearly fifty years ago, in a hail of gunfire from Israeli extremists.
In all the selected stories, the youths had changed their behavior, becoming less violent, using the peace clubs as an opportunity to start afresh, "to choose the path to peace" (Touré, Messenger of Peace).
Mr. Moi said the bombing demonstrated "in a most crude and violent manner that peace is a fragile entity that should not be taken for granted".
Both Washington and Jerusalem will have to live in an imperfect, sometimes violent world, where peace is found in heaven, not on earth.
When Israel and the Palestinians are simultaneously engaged in a violent conflict and peace negotiations, with the potential for their precarious relationship to disintegrate quickly, Israelis' choice of a leader could have far-reaching consequences.
Aung San Suu Kyi and the violent politics of peace.
