Peace in the Middle East

My Vision: Peace in Palestine and Beyond

Shai Reshef | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Palestine, Muslim Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Israel Palestine Peace, Israel Palestine, Education Third World, Middle East Conflict, University of People, Palestine Peace, Uofpeople, Peace in Palestine, Impact News

I firmly believe we can make a significant difference in the lives of individuals through education and economic opportunity. The goal, therefore, should be to educate as many people as possible.

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Behind The Tony Kushner Story

Rabbi Arthur Waskow | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Tony Kushner, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Peace in the Middle East, Israeli Settlements, Jewish Voice for Peace, Cuny Tony Kushner, The Shalom Center, Middle East Peace Process, Middle East Peace, World News

Last night, the executive committee of the CUNY Board of Trustees reversed the Board's refusal of an honorary degree to Tony Kushner. Behind the original decision and reversal are three stories.

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When The Walls Come Tumbling Down

Avraham Burg | Posted 06.01.2011

The time has come to take the next step and ask whether we can in fact exist at all without an external enemy, without anti-Semitism.

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U.S. Should Include Hamas in Peace Efforts

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Gaza, Middle East, Gaza Flotilla, Obama, Hamas, Diplomacy, Israel, World News

The Unites States cannot continue to be all but silent on an attack in international waters on civilians representing most Western countries, including the United States.

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Religious Communities Must Be Engaged in Foreign Policy

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Peace in the Middle East, Religion, Cordoba Initiative, Peace, Church and State, World News

Religion is the solution to conflict. For decades, the United States has shied away from using religious arguments and engaging religious groups to further American diplomatic objectives.

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The South African Talks: A Template for Peace

Michael Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Basque Eta, Michael Young, Peace Talks, Afghanistan, Spain, Iran, Middle East Peace Talks, Israel, World News

The South African peace negotiations template can serve as a model for facilitating peace efforts around the world today, from the Middle East, to Afghanistan, to Iran, to the Basque area of Spain.

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Middle East Peace: It's Time for Mitchell 2.0 and the American Plan

Joel Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has unilaterally declared that Israel will temporarily freeze settlement construction in the West Bank. So where do President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and Mitchell go from here?

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Another Divisive Wall

Queen Rania of Jordan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Berlin Wall Anniversary, Berlin Wall, Gaza, World News

For me, and for so many other people around the world, the anniversary is bittersweet. As the people of Germany celebrate a wall coming down, the people of Palestine are overwrought by a wall going up.

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Kaddafi Back in My Backyard

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peace in the Middle East, Muammar Kaddafi UN Speech, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Jewish Community, Muammar Kaddafi, Obama Israel Relations, Middle East Conflict, Middle East Peace Process, World News

I am a busy man. But that did not stop me from taking off several weeks from my professional life to fight Muammar Kaddafi's plan to take up residence directly next door to me this past August and September.

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Lebanon, Israel Independent Peace Talks Won't Happen: Hariri

Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peace in the Middle East, Arab Peace Initiative, Lebanon, Foreign Affairs, Israel Lebanon Tensions, Palestinian Israel Peace Conference, Israel, Israel Lebanon Peace Talks, Israel Peace, Israel Lebanon War, Israel Lebanon, Advocacy, World News

Lebanon will not conduct an independent peace track with Israel, and may not even join the Arab peace initiative, should it become the basis for regio...

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'Obama Plan' For Mideast Causing Much Regional Anticipation

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Middle East has been abuzz in anticipation of the peace plan US President Barack Obama is expected to unveil in Cairo next month. ...

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Mideast Peace Process: Time for a New Approach

Amal Malouf Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebuilding Gaza, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Gaza, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Gaza City, Mideast, World News

We need to create an environment of trust and amplify the voices of the less extreme segments of the population if we are going to give leaders a chance to have any type of successful negotiation.

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2008: The Year of Audacity

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.17.2011

We now have something outside ourselves to struggle against. A very real and tangible angst.

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Towards a Miracle in the Middle East

Marianne Williamson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Gaza, War, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Peace, Pacifism, Politics News

The greatest gift you can give to both is to realize that on a spiritual level, Israelis and Palestinians are one. Their only true reality is the reality of whom they are in this moment.

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