Clik here to view.
YES! JUST WHAT THE MIDDLE EAST NEEDS:Burg to form joint Arab-Jewish party
Former Knesset speaker announces that new party ‘Shai’ will push for equality in Israeli society. Former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg announced this week that he plans to form a new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
University of Miami president detained for questioning at Israeli airport:...
I was reading this headline in Ha’aretz and by sheer accident, it was in the same column as another headline, “A superb day for the Jewish people’: Kagan sworn in as Supreme Court...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Business is business”: A practical path to justice and an independent Palestine
The creation of an independent Palestine has been a dream dashed many times, but there may be a practical path forward emerging from a surprising place. I often heard the phrase...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Palestinians learn about the Holocaust at Yad Vashem – Haaretz Daily...
Excellent article, speaks for itself Growing up in the West Bank, Mujahid Sarsur knew next to nothing about the Holocaust and saw little ground to sympathize with a people he saw as his occupier. 2010....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chief rabbis in rare visit to holy sites in Nablus, Jericho
I will consider this helpful someday when the article indicates that the Chief Rabbis coordinated their visit with the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian mayors of Jericho...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Practical Path to Justice and an Independent Palestine
Folks, I published this with Common Ground News Service. Here is a version of it from the Bali Times. A Practical Path to Justice and an Independent PalestineAugust 16, 2010 By...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Defense officials back US bid to send envoy to Syria
I am trying to figure out what kind of United States has developed where the toughest Israelis in the world, the top Israeli military brass, want a U.S. ambassador in Syria, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE PRACTICAL ADVANTAGES FOR MUSLIMS, JEWS AND CHRISTIANS OF PEACE FOR...
The hardest part of building peace for the future is freeing oneself from the wounds of war, the mutual recriminations of the present, the painful memories of a lost past, and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages of an Israeli/Palestinian Final...
Recent sputterings of a peace process between Israel and Palestine, the termination of Israel’s settlement building freeze causing a demise of said peace process — again — has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: Creating a More Inclusive Atmosphere in Israel
Reflecting on 2010, it’s clear that racism in Israel has reared its ugly head. A recent poll published by the Israel Democracy Institute found that only 51 percent of Israelis...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts On War This Week
“We Shall Overcome Because the Arc of the Moral Universe is Long; But It Bends tward Justice.” -Martin Luther King Jr. COLOR Black and white are the colors of war, and the rest are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reflections on Disunion and Union
It is hard to over estimate who is bleeding more in all the people that you meet. The walking wounded are everywhere. Like zombies. That puts conflict management and mitigation in a whole different...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Note from the War Front to Fellow Jews
The relationships between loving Jews and Arabs, even in Gaza right this moment, is plainly evident. I get reports every day. But it is hard to imagine for those who carry suspicion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Essential to Peacebuilding
Essential to Peacebuilding is learning to accept blows, bad ones. How can we expect Israelis or Syrians or Iraqis not to become killers after suicide bombs on their streets or Palestinians not to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sins of the Nonviolent
Warriors carry the sins of violence, of killing the innocent, intentionally and by negligence. But the nonviolent carry sins too, because war is a collective crime and must be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reflection on Yazidis
Yazidi Family (Aquila-Style) I am starting to understand the human sacrifice of this people to the so-called Islamic State. They are loved by no one because they are not Muslim,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shades of Heaven / Birth
SHADES OF HEAVEN When a theologian of another religion says what you were thinking the moment before it comes out of your mouth #syria, with the Bosnian hero Father Ivo. BIRTH The warrior is born at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reflections in August 2014 vol.1
In war in an age of war the act of ultimate defiance is to make another human being feel wonderful. Testosterone, gestures of kindness are semen seeds. Men get busy, it will make...
View Article
