An Iranian General passed a letter on to an opposition website that highlights the “Supreme Leader” insisting on pursuing nuclear weapons, on oppressing his citizens and ordering the killing of those who stood against abuses, and in fomenting a culture of abuse of power and corruption amongst his ruling elite. Read this story, as reported [...]
The Washington Post published an in-depth article on “Where Obama failed on forging peace in the Middle East”, which I strongly recommend. My analysis somewhat dovetails the article’s facts and insights: 1) When he ran for President, in contrast to Hillary Clinton’s campaign juxtaposing against Republican evil, Obama was able to transcend deep partisanship and [...]
This dialogue with Gershon Baskin, Chairman of the Israeli-Palestinian Centre For Research and Information (ICPRI), provides an informative history and analysis of past and future attempts at peace between Israel and Palestine. From his insights, we learn that we need to empower the moderates to change the reality and create a lasting peace at this [...]
The poll mentioned in this article indicates that we have a lot of work to do in order to help Israelis and Palestinians visualize that ending the conflict is possible IF they take matters into their own hands to make it happen. So long as people don’t believe that peace can come about, they will [...]
French multinational communications company, Publicis Groupe, is set to purchase an equity stake in Ramallah-based advertising agency Zoom. Publicis Groupe Chairman and CEO Maurice Lévy said of the deal, “Moreover, it is also a call to French and international companies to set up in the region and to contribute to creating the economic development without [...]
Tal Harris, director of OneVoice Israel, wrote a compelling piece in The Jerusalem Post, outlining the choices Israel has to make and the actions the Israeli public must take in order to move forward towards peace in the region. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Julianna Storch
Israeli scientist Dr. Daniel Hillel was awarded the World Food Prize at the U.S. State Department yesterday for pioneering innovative ways of watering crops in arid desert areas. The presentation of the award commended Dr. Hillel’s scientific achievement as well as his dedication to working with people across borders to help improve food security for [...]
This inspirational video highlights the next generation of peace makers from Seeds of Peace. With the help of these future leaders, we can Imagine 2018. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Julianna Storch
Stu Eizenstat recently launched a book on a fascinating and weighty subject. “The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel, and Its Relationship with the United States” promises to be an interesting read and can be purchased on Amazon. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Cohen
The article below by Ron Pundak contains at least two deep lessons. The clearest one is of course what he shares: that “anti-normalization” efforts that seek to boycott any cooperative efforts and engagement among Palestinian and Israeli civil society organizations and people can only bring harm to the people of the region who want to [...]