Marco Berrebi (Face2Face) emailed me an insight I thought was worth sharing: PS : the more I think about the Middle-East conflict, the more I think about the theory of Gauss (mathematician of the early 19th century) saying that equations with several variables evolving within a wide range of possible values cannot be solved until [...]
Here is a tidbit that Tom Pickering, the ultimate American Diplomat and member of the PeaceWorks Foundation’s Honorary Board, shared with me last time I met him: The Israeli-Palestinian peace process is like riding a bike: if you are not going forward, you are falling down.
Cool project/video program: http://gaza-sderot.arte.tv/
James F. Smith of the Boston Globe just did a story about a OneVoice Tour through New England that captured the essence of OneVoice rather well. It also highlighted the importance of keeping the message and movement alive, now more than ever. Roi Assaf of OneVoice Israel (left) and Nisreen Abdallah of OneVoice Palestine [...]
Naif Al Mutawa is a dear friend who defines social entrepreneurship. He is creating positive role models for young Muslims a la Hollywood. Like Marvel and Action Comics before him, Naif created a set of iconic super-heroes – but they each are Muslims who embody one powerful benevolent trait drawn from Islam’s 99 characteristics attributed [...]
His face is so calm Full of love and tranquility How blessed we are to have warm shelter and peace for him. How hard and how painful for the millions upon millions who lack peace, or water or heat, who may not have bread or milk to give their children. How hard and how painful [...]
War and horror tend to shake us out of complacency, to force us all to confront ugly realities and say what needs to be said, poignantly, once and for all, even if it is not pretty and requires nuance in an otherwise partisan puddle. And so The New York Times writers who have been following [...]
Some ad campaign ideas by OneVoice Israel to encourage people in the moderate but traditionally passive majority to remember that not voting is a proxy for those from the extremes to speak for them… The caption translates to "it’s ok, don’t vote. They will vote for you."