Afshin Ellian wrote an excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal. He concludes it with: The emergence of a democratic Iran is therefore not only a moral imperative but should be the foreign policy priority of every cold-hearted realist as well as multicultural engager. That’s why it is so incomprehensible that the Obama Administration still [...]
Amman (the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) recently hosted a comedy festival organized by Arab-American comedians. Beyond being a constructive exercise, it exposed the need to encourage more introspection and independent thinking in Arab education, which is not just valuable to comedy (self-deprecating humor, sarcastic humor) as the article points out, but would [...]
Bono just wrote an opinion piece advocating, among other things for 2010: A Festival of Abraham where artists celebrate Muslim, Jewish and Christian traditions (similarities to OneVoice’s OneMillionVoices campaign) The World Cup as tool for political change (similar sentiment to OneVoice’s Goal2018 Campaign) People Power, in line with the What Are You Willing to Do [...]
Jason Alexander often shares with prospective OneVoice supporters that the first thing that drew him to OneVoice was not the creativity, courage or logic of our plans, but the parental empathy he felt when my friend Mohammad Darawshe. Mohammad spoke about his efforts to steer his then 9 year-old son Fares away from the commitment [...]
Very much in OneVoice, and very much with a sentiment like that of the KIND Movement, Starbucks bested all videos I got this season with this awesome compilation (which I received from Jason Alexander): musicians and ordinary citizens across the world joined on the same day at the same time to sing the same song: [...]
The Jerusalem Post TV bureau covered Keith’s visit with Israeli and Palestinian youth leaders of OneVoice.
Interesting article by IPF’s Roberta Fahn Schoffman on recent moves by Prime Minister Netanyahu to enforce restrictions against Settlement building. Inching Forward By Roberta Fahn Schoffman Created Dec 2 2009 – 5:21pm JERUSALEM, ISRAEL Just five days after the Netanyahu government declared a 10-month moratorium on settlement building, an enlarged and more muscular team of [...]
Interesting article about an investment scandal in Lebanon that has tarnished Hezbollah’s reputation.
Interesting article about a pious ayatollah who challenges the “Islamic” claim of the Iranian regime.
Interesting IPF discussion with Gen. Shaul Mofaz about his new peace proposal… Published on Israel Policy Forum (http://www.israelpolicyforum.org) The Mofaz Plan: A Permanent Palestinian State in Temporary Borders In Advance of Final Status Talks By Israel Policy Forum Created Nov 16 2009 – 4:20pm On November 11, 2009, Israel Policy Forum hosted a conference call [...]