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David D’Or and Dudu Fisher Sing to the Pope
Published under Funnies, Israel, Middle East, Music, Religion May 26, 2009Listen to the music here. And also check out the Pope’s expressions…he seems to be wondering what he got into…
The Intellect of Simplicity
Published under Advertising (good vs misleading), Economics, Health, KIND Snacks, New Product Development, PeaceWorks Business, United States May 25, 2009Matthew Crawford wrote a really interesting article, The Case For Working with Your Hands, in The New York Times Magazine, about the overlooked intellectual rigor required when making physical things. It could not come at a better time, as we are becoming more virtual, digital, commodified, and dissociated from nature – and from the simplicity [...]
Quote of the Week: Robert Kennedy’s ripples of hope
Published under Favorite Quotes, Global, Leadership, United States May 24, 2009From a wall in the John F. Kennedy Museum: Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and [...]
Paul McCartney Writes to President Obama about OneVoice
Published under Israel, Music, OneVoice Movement, Palestine, United Kingdom, United States May 23, 2009When my team members first connected with Paul McCartney, none of them imagined he would become such an engaged and passionate leader for the cause of peace among Israelis and Palestinians. Not only did he passionately embrace the work of OneVoice Israeli and Palestinian youth leaders and rally behind the courageous partnership of the Noa [...]
Obesity and Complicity by the Food Industry
Published under Advertising (good vs misleading), Entrepreneurship and Management, Health, United States May 23, 2009Cathy Arnst wrote a compelling article in BusinessWeek here, about the Food Industry’s complicity in fostering obesity in society. While individuals ultimately have to be responsible for their actions, misleading advertising and claims definitely contribute to this epidemic, as I have written in the past (ie, Corn Refiners Assoc lying re HFCS, COKE lying about [...]
In their own words: Obama and Netanyahu
Published under Gaza, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Mideast Negotiations, Palestine, United States May 23, 2009Over the last few weeks I have been receiving emails from all sorts of organizations trying to inspire fear about the Obama Administration’s policies towards Israel. From Obama’s efforts to drive towards a two-state solution, to Jordanian King Abdullah’s effort to expand the Arab Peace Initiative to encompass all 57 Muslim nations, it is disturbing [...]
Paul McCartney Speaks Out For OneVoice
Published under Europe, Israel, Leadership, Middle East, OneVoice Movement May 18, 2009Paul McCartney, the newest member to join OneVoice’s Honorary Board of Advisors, has recently written to President Barack Obama making him aware of OneVoice. While performing in Tel Aviv last year, Paul’s message was to bring people together via the power of music – a sentiment that is shared by two singers, Noa, an Israeli [...]
The Dwindling Fate of Christianity in the Middle East
Published under Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Media and Alternative Media, Middle East, Palestine, Religion, Syria May 15, 2009Ethan Bronner of the New York Times wrote an interesting – and sobering – article about the dwindling numbers of Christians in the Middle East. May 13, 2009, NEW YORK TIMES Mideast’s Christians Losing Numbers and Sway By ETHAN BRONNER JERUSALEM — Christians used to be a vital force in the Middle East. They dominated [...]
OneVoice Polls Referenced in Senate Hearings
Published under Israel, Jordan, Leadership, Middle East, Mideast Negotiations, OneVoice Movement, Palestine, United States May 15, 2009Great news for getting OneVoice’s recent polls – which highlight the grassroots mandate for a two-state solution – into the conversations happening at the top levels of DC policy-making: yesterday in his opening remarks for the US Senate Hearing on the Middle East with Tony Blair, Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana (R) – who is [...]