Article in Globe and Mail THE MIDDLE EAST Threats shut down Bryan Adams peace concert in West Bank MARK MACKINNON October 13, 2007 JERUSALEM — A breakthrough concert for peace in the West Bank town of Jericho, which was to be headlined by Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams, was cancelled yesterday amid a flurry of [...]
An excellent article on efforts to attack and delegitimize the voices of reconciliation is posted at Drowning out One Million Voices: The enemies of peace
12 days ago a slanderous press release was launched by a fringe group that sparked rumours that OneVoice Palestine exists to negotiate away the rights of refugees and international law. OneVoice’s teams here come together to categorically deny this and expose the fact that some Palestinians have been misled by a sinister campaign of [...]
Weird how amidst all the pressures and turmoil to pull off a feat against violent extremism, amidst little sleep and 20 hour work days, I feel so at peace. Is it because I know I am giving it everything I’ve got and can do no more than that? Is it that I feel something far [...]
Not sure of the source of this b/c I got it in an email from a friend, but it helped me keep things in perspective… Sheikh Abdallah Nimr Darwish, founder of the Israel’s Islamic movement told Israeli President Shimon Peres that the Arab world is ready to make peace once and for all if the [...]
Wowa! Two delegations of OneVoice Youth leaders met with fmr UK Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier today, where he warmly and enthusiastically endorsed the OneVoice Summit. A press release should come out soon. Blair is one of the most impressive global leaders, in my opinion highly under-appreciated by the British people, but then again, it [...]
Dion Nissenbaum from McClatchy Newspapers just posted a story about what we are doing for October 18th. A lot of the questions in his interview made it quite clear that he was biased and apparently is friendly with the extremists that are attacking us, and throughout the course of the interview it was clear [...]
Etgar Lefkovits just broke a big story on the OneVoice Movement in the Jerusalem Post. This is a very assertive story that pulls no punches. It will elicit a lot of feelings from all sides, and further redefine the debate. Like with Palestinian extremists trying to undermine the OneVoice Summit on the Palestinian side, Israeli [...]
Monday was not a simple day. It started with a trip to Ramallah for meetings with OneVoice Palestine, as they gear up for the OneVoice Summit. They are all working so hard and facing a lot of challenges, but the momentum is steady and the impact is already being felt. Coming in was tricky because [...]