The war on Gaza raises many questions in our minds that make us search for an answer. Nearly a billion people have died as a direct result of wars, according to the book What Everyone Should Know About War.
Anthropological research shows that we are very complex creatures. We may have an innate tendency toward aggression and war, but we also have a tendency toward empathy. The same forces that pushed the evolution of empathy may also be responsible for violence. Even the most modern cultural structures aimed at suppressing violence do not always work.