And I think that the -- we both agree that a peace based on illusions will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle Eastern reality, and that the only peace that will endure is one that is based on reality, on unshakeable facts.

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Participants in the sweat ritual gather inside a dome-shaped hut or tent, where a pile of heated rocks lies in the middle.

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In the middle of such a place, the Minotaur constructed a square of rocks a mile across.

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