I don’t have a dog on this fight, but I wish people could let go of the blame game long enough to see that war and oppression breed hatred and cruelty, which in turn breed yet more war, atrocities, and hatred. What is happening in Gaza is tragic and horrifying, as was the brutal, depraved massacre that instigated this lust for vengeance. Yet both sides are trapped in a self-serving religious ideology that THEY are “the people of God” and their enemies, God’s enemy. With such a toxic ideology—equating their own tribal deity with “the one true God” what chance is there for peace and reconciliation?