Israeli-Palestinian peace isn’t a naive ideal. Here’s why I have cautious hope | Jeremy Ben-Ami

Trump's personal desire to play the part of peacemaker should not be dismissed - it should be encouraged

Two years after the horrors of 7 October, few names evoke the tragedy more than Kfar Aza, a small, bucolic kibbutz less than two miles from Gaza that came under brutal attack that day.

For years, I visited Kfar Aza with groups of policymakers and American guests on trips designed to help them understand what life on the border meant and what a path toward conflict resolution might entail.

Jeremy Ben-Ami is president of J Street, the pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy advocacy organization.