Guest opinion: Mary Ann Paliani: How to end the perpetual cycle of violence

Guest opinion: Mary Ann Paliani: How to end the perpetual cycle of violence

By Mary Ann Paliani Martin Luther King Jr. once warned: “Hate begets hate; violence begets violence. The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.” The Gaza/Israel war is a painful reminder of that truth. The conflict has fueled acts of violence that further amplify the evil surrounding the war. But most significantly it has demonst…