Daniel Lubetzky

November 27, 2007 From: PLO Mission – Washington, DC President Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian National Authority [Emphasis added to highlight similarities to OneVoice Mandate and OV language and to point out moments of particular leadership in speaking also to the other side] [...]

[Emphasis added below to highlight OV message, juxtaposed to other organizations mentioned below] By DAVID DISHNEAU ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — More than a hundred activists demonstrated Tuesday outside the gates of the U.S. Naval Academy, offering their own very public take on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as representatives of more than 50 nations and organizations met [...]

From the Wall Street Journal – November  26, 2007, Page A21 Herewith some thoughts about tomorrow’s Annapolis peace  conference, and the larger problem of how to approach the Israel-Palestine  conflict. The first question (one might think it is obvious but apparently  not) is, "What is the conflict about?" There are basically two  possibilities: that it [...]

[Emphasis added to highlight OV Mandate similarities and/or incisive important language] Thank you for coming. Prime Minister Olmert, President Abbas, Secretary-General Ban, former Prime Minister Blair, distinguished guests, welcome to one of the finest institutions we have in America, the United States Naval Academy. We appreciate you joining us in what I believe is an [...]

It is instructive to take a look at the groups opposing the efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict through negotiations among Israelis and Palestinians…. These primarily include: Ayatollah in Iran: Says Annapolis "Doomed To Failure" Hamas in Gaza: Sponsors Anti-Annapolis Meeting and Slams Arab Countries for Participating, Condemns Abbas and Arab Leaders Right-Wing [...]

As for the last 6 years OneVoice citizens, scholars, dignitaries and civic and religious leaders have engaged in the broadest process for conflict resolution among citizens, several lessons have become apparent that are instructive: · Politicians need to say what needs to be said, to acknowledge both sides, to not just say what their constituents [...]

How is OneVoice Connected To The Negotiations Process? It was BORN to rekindle it. · OneVoice was founded in the aftermath of the breakdown of the Camp David negotiations to amplify the voice of the overwhelming majority of Palestinian and Israeli citizens who cherish an end to the conflict and recognize the only way to [...]

  Hamas and Iran have vocally opposed Annapolis and deemed it a failure before it even started It is true that Hamas’s control of Gaza is a significant barrier to a two state solution A lot is at stake for Abbas; if no progress is made in Annapolis, he will be weakened; if no progress [...]

  The goal is to ensure that Annapolis is not treated as a one-time photo opportunity but as what the people demand: a systematic, ongoing, uninterrupted process, with professional negotiation teams committed exclusively to the completion of a comprehensive agreement between the Israeli and Palestinian Heads of State for a  two state solution that will [...]

· This is the first time in over 15 years where the vast majority of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, are participating in a regional effort to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; not since the Madrid peace process launched by President Bush Sr. have all these countries gathered together to address the issue; over 40 countries [...]