LAST Friday, in Glasgow, our biggest teaching union the EIS launched an updated version of its Education for Peace policy.

A response no doubt, to the often chaotic and internationally war-torn world in which our young people are having to consider their futures and develop their attitudes and skills.

The war in Ukraine, the carnage in Sudan and, of course, the chaos and killing in the Middle East are most fundamentally a human tragedy causing death and suffering for hundreds of thousands of people.

Our airwaves and social media spaces are filled with images of unspeakable crimes, ill-informed commentary and hate.

As I write, there is the potential for a fragile peace in Gaza, leading to the end of Israeli killings in Gaza and the return of the hostages, horrifically held for 15 months now.

I say potential, because even in the short time between the writing of this column and it being read, things could change again.

Even as the children danced and the men and women wept in the streets of Gaza, the bombs reigned overhead.

People continued to die through senseless acts of military violence including an attack from Israel on a residential building.

And I am writing of a conflict in which at almost every turn, for three generations, the hopes of peace and justice have been crushed.

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