This video does a great job of depicting the paralyzing problem at hand in the Mideast negotiations. Watch this video to see how OneVoice silently voiced their opinion that the negotiation talks need to be unfrozen.
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
Check out this great video of Daniel shot at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford. This video is part of a series called Innovators in Action, and features Daniel breaking down the need for peace in the Middle East and how he and OneVoice are going about achieving it.
By Adeena Schlussel
Check out this great video where Jason Alexander and OneVoice team up to achieve peace in the Middle East! Let’s Talk!
This Huffington Post article by Joel Braunold of OneVoice is excellent and worth reading. Joel articulates the deeper meaning behind UNESCO Membership for Palestinians: “the establishment of World Heritage sites.” According to Joel, this is crucial in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which at its core is about connection to the land, and control over it.
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
This article, written by Gershon Baskin is sadly, very good . If anything, it is too gentle with the potential downside. The Palestinian economy is actually witnessing growth under Fayyad. If the cuts in aid push the Palestinian economy into a recession, it is far less certain that Palestinians will continue to have a stake in the path of non-violence that Abbas has laid out.
At the close of OneVoice’s delegation to Israel and the West Bank, participants met with Israeli celebrities such as Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, Lior Shlein (of the popular TV show State of the Union), Meirav Michaeli (a journalist from Haaretz and former TV actor), and Shlomo Baraba (a theatre actor).
Read this article, written by OneVoice’s Ivan Karakashian, to see more about participants reflections on their previous meetings and on the peace process at large.
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
Check out this great Haaretz article describing OneVoice’s delegation and the group’s quest for unity and peace. As Daniel put it:
“On the one hand, there has been a collective understanding that we know less (than we thought we did) about the issues at hand, and on the other hand there has been an appreciation for the challenges before us and a real determination to bridge these gaps.” Sounds like the delegation was extremely productive!
by Adeena Schlussel
The OneVoice delegation caught the attention of the Jerusalem Post, for its important meeting with President Shimon Peres. Over the course of the meeting, Daniel, Jason Alexander, and the delegation’s prominent business leaders spoke about ways to achieve peace in the region, the need to respect opposing leaders, and a vision to unite the myriad of opinions. It is definitely worth checking out this article.
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
Check out this clip from Israeli channel 2 news featuring an interview with Jason Alexander, Tal Harris and Samer Makhlouf in which the group discussed an array of poignant topics from the delegation to Gilad Shalit to the peace process.
by Adeena Schlussel
OneVoice’s high profile delegation to the Middle East, led by Daniel and Jason Alexander, is off to a great start and the international media has been noticing, as you can see here, here, and here, to name a few. (Unfortunately, the poor sound quality of this clip only emphasizes the funny question at the end, and not the substantive conversations that took place.)
At the Knesset, Shimon Peres had deep conversations with the group as to how to achieve peace in the region (and even joked around a little). According to a Reuters article, during the meeting Peres defended Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad- after criticism from ultranationalist leader Avigdor Lieberman- exemplifying the open minded attitude that Israeli and Palestinian leaders should embody to reach a solution.
Aside from spending time with the top level government, the group will be meeting with OneVoice’s Israeli and Palestinian youth leaders who will be sure to offer unique perspectives of the challenges on the ground.
By Adeena Schlussel
