Peace of the Sabbath

Hi All,

Shabbat Shalom translates as the peace of the Sabbath (be with you).  It is therefore fitting that overnight we received news that America and North Korea's  leadership is going to meet up for talks at some future date.  This is good news in so much as peace is being given a chance before war. Let us pray that peace will be with Trump and Kim . After all you don't make peace with friends , but enemies and there's the old expression "only Nixon can go to China".  

 And as Ruth noted in a comment , if Trump did succeed he should get a peace prize. Obama ,strangely, got one before doing anything and actually increased drone killings compared to Bush & engaged in more secret covert wars.  Although no one cared because it was Obama.  The European Union got a gong, despite failing miserably to stop the slaughter of the Yugoslavia wars , the misery of their austerity  and the fact NATO was the real organisation which deserves a peace prize  . 

But for now we can be glad that some effort is being made to regain the initiative for peace.  Let us hope it is akin to Disraeli at the Congress of Berlin , who came back with owning Cyprus&"peace with honour".  As Bismarck said “Der alte Jude, das ist der Mann [the old Jew, he is the man],” he remarked. Hopefully we will be able to say in the future  Der alte Trump, das ist der Mann.