The Huffington Post published an article I wrote about the imperative of mobilizing to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once and for all, before it’s too late and before Ahmadinejad turns it into a truly intractable conflict.
So Columbia University in its infinite wisdom has deemed it appropriate to invite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at its campus. Never mind this man has denied the holocaust, and gone on record stating that he would not mind if half of Iran was destroyed if on the way this enabled him to wipe [...]
Here are the type of people I really like and admire: doers with a heart and a purpose, without inflated egos, with a can-do attitude and the resourcefulness and creativity to get things done and not allow anyone to stop them. Imagine all of this and you get Laura Ziskin. Laura produced the 3 Spider-man [...]
Adee Telem and I stopped by Danny DeVito’s home earlier today. The only sad thing about that visit is that Rhea Perlman, his better half, is in London performing in Boeing-Boeing (to rave reviews) so we missed her. But separate from that, Danny is always adorably amusing, funny and down-to-earth, so it is always fun [...]
Adee and I met with Elliott Gould at Peet’s Tea on South Beverly Drive. Benny Levy, the sculptor and artist, introduced us to him. Elliott is quite a fun and interesting guy, and he was clearly in sync with the OneVoice message. He agreed to record a PSA for the OneVoice Summit. I have to [...]
Just heard from Meg Garlinghouse that Yahoo has given the green light to assertively promote and webcast the 5 locations of the OneVoice Summit on October 18th.
As we gear up towards October 18th, our increased efforts on the ground have yielded an early surprise. Our goal of recruiting half a million Israeli and Palestinian citizens by the end of 2007 was met close to 4 months early. Now we have over quarter million Israelis and over quarter million Palestinians that have [...]
It’s only 10:32 am in Los Angeles and the day has already been a big roller-coaster of developments and emotions (can I turn the latter off?). We started at 5:30am because our wonderful Adee Telem (who heads West Coast Outreach for OneVoice) decided we needed to be on an 8am flight from San Fran to [...]
One of the greatest strengths of the OneVoice Movement is that it is made up of mainstream nationalists from each side. The Chief Palestinian Islamic Justice, Sheikh Taysir al Tamimi, a fervent Palestinian patriot, is the equivalent in Palestine to what in Israel would be a merger between the Chief Rabbi AND the Head of [...]
Tamar Hermann produces a very valuable "Peace Index" that tracks vital signs in the mood of Israelis and Palestinians with regards to attitudes about ending the conflict, and moods and opinions regarding Israeli-Arab peace making. Here, for example, is their Peace Index for July 2007. But short of their professional work, I have four [...]