There were no songs of peace posted here and none were deleted.

The Sunday morning radio talk (NPR) have some calmer heads offering insight, and there was a piece about the role that those who advocate for peace are playing - and that they are encountering surprising pushback. The world of Social Media is great for taking sides, but one particular faith leader (apparently multi-denominational?) said that when addressing all parties and wishing for peace the pushback was confounding. We have seen it here when Don inserts his wish for peace as we debate the guilt or innocence of Hamas v. Israel. (Whether a resistance to peace or resistance to a change of thread topic is the question - offering divergent themes is a classic Donuel move.)

Another commentator (thanks, Mara Liasson!) remarked that Hamas is only about war, and one of their big stated goals has been to stop the peace/trade/etc negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. (That is one of the few plus marks in Trump's column, while his son-in-law was collecting huge payouts from MBS he also got talks started between the two countries.) Those talks are on hold, so Hamas count themselves winners.