The Future Is Peace
A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land
By Aziz Abu Sarah & Maoz Inon
One of the most anticipated nonfiction books of 2026!
– The New York Times
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Advance Praise
“How can we forget the courageous embrace between Maoz Inon,
an Israeli whose parents were killed by Hamas, and Aziz Abu
Sarah, a Palestinian whose brother was killed by the Israeli
army. That gesture remains as a testimony and sign of hope.”
— POPE LEO XIV.
“A book of hope in a time of despair. After unbearable personal suffering, Aziz and Maoz refuse to give up on a shared future in Israel Palestine. Here they show us how it can, and must, happen.”
— Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Wall Street Journal foreign corresponden.
“We need this book to repair our damaged faith in the future.”
— Ece Temelkuran, award-winning novelist and political commentator.
“A remarkable book, carefully constructed and heartbreakingly true. As a guide to the torn heart, it allows a vision of repair.”
— Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author.
To those who see only division lines, we say: If you must divide us, let it be as those who believe in peace and equality and those who don’t … yet.”
Israeli Maoz Inon and Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah forged a bond of brotherhood when the world expected them to be enemies. Both have lost family to the conflict. Both have known the bitterness of righteous anger. Yet, they chose a different path.
A Bold Rebuttal to a Broken World
In The Future Is Peace Aziz and Maoz take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land to discover the mythic, political, and personal history that divides but also binds them and their peoples.
Hope is an Action
In The Future Is Peace, Aziz and Maoz take readers on a transformative weeklong journey across a sacred and bloodstained land. Facing competing narratives, they explore how compassion and unity can pull humanity back from the precipice of blind hatred. Throughout their travels, they have been constantly asked: In the face of so much loss, how can we ever find hope? Their answer is always the same. One cannot find hope. We must create it.
This book is a rebuttal to a broken world and a bold challenge to the belief that more violence can ever bring security.