More than anyone, Shimon Peres has fought for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Situated on the side of the "doves," he has worked all his life for what sometimes seems an impossible peace. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, he can imagine only one solution: all the major countries on the planet have to mobilize to help the Middle East make the indispensable changes: the pitiless fight against terrorism has to be complemented by real development of the region. It needs an economic community, because the price exacted by terrorism promises to be higher than the sums needed for the development of the region. War is more costly than progress.According to Shimon Peres, Israel has to adopt three goals:To preserve Jewish culture. Despite great difficulties due in part to current globalization, the Hebrew language must survive in every area, intellectual, artistic, and scientific. It is a reason for existing, a glue that has always held Jews together even when they had no territory of their own.To derive the maximum from its scientific capabilities and to exploit its brain power through teaching and research. Particularly in the area of medicine, where the country has acquired skills of the highest order.To achieve peace between Israel and the whole of the Arab-Muslim world, notably through a kind of Middle Eastern Common Market.