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post #1 of 83
9/24/06 at 8:11pm
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Have been bumping a thread involving the work of a friend of ours for at least a year, maybe two, but I think it's outlived its usefulness. Too yappy, anyway.


So here's a better link introducing you to some of our friend's friends. This is not pushing the agenda of one side or the other; this is working for reconciliation and coexistence and peace.

I hope you'll delve deeper into the site and get to know them, and then send them all sorts of supportive e-mails and, well, donations.




May it be a peaceful and safe new year for all of us and all the world.




Please.





(And just to be thorough, here's the old thread that I'm not going to bump anymore.)
post #2 of 83
10/2/06 at 7:33pm
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Bumping to break the fast.

post #3 of 83
10/2/06 at 10:53pm
"The Hope Flowers School tackles the root source of violence and terrorism: the emotional damage to children which, when they grow up, becomes resentment, fatalism, despair and violence. Not one graduate of the school has entered into violence or suicide bombing."
-an exerpt from the newsletter on this site.


I clicked on your thread, merpk, because the sound of "Jerusalem Peacemakers" was so 'light' and hopeful,and so unique a term to hear....which as it turns out, it really is light and hopeful, and has raised the 'energy vibrations' in my mind, and heart, tonight. what a wonderful organization. what a monumental need there is for the work these people are doing.


With the holidays coming relatively soon, just thought Id throw out the idea that maybe people can consider donating to the organization as a 'gift' to a loved one, since most of us don't need more 'stuff.' I did that last year with a different organization,...and Ill keep Jerusalem Peacemakers in mind for this year.

thanks for the thread!
post #4 of 83
10/13/06 at 5:24am
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Bumping for the holidays.



And a link to an interesting article about Israeli/Palestinian "dialogue" and why it often doesn't go anywhere ...

Here.


"Dialog is not eating couscous and pita together and declaring that there should be peace, but getting to understand each others' point of view. Dialog means a conversation, and confrontation, between people with different points of view. There is no dialog when Nonie Darwish speaks with Zionists, and there is no dialog when Jews for Justice for Palestinians or Jewish Voice for Peace or Jeff Halper sit together with Palestinians ... Peace doesn't mean full justice for one side, as that inevitably comes at the expense of the rights of the other side; it means a painful compromise, in which both sides have to give up things that they perceive as their eternal and inalienable rights."
post #5 of 83
10/24/06 at 4:25pm
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Bumping.

post #6 of 83
11/2/06 at 10:36am
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And bumping again in honor of the shared yarzheit week of Rakhel Imeinu and Yitzkhak Rabin.
post #7 of 83
11/13/06 at 1:24pm
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Bump.
post #8 of 83
11/16/06 at 11:57am
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Bumping to keep it on page 1.
post #9 of 83
11/16/06 at 12:00pm
Thanks for your efforts at getting the message out.
post #10 of 83
11/29/06 at 12:43pm
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Bumping.
post #11 of 83
12/11/06 at 9:35pm
This is an important endevor.
post #12 of 83
12/24/06 at 1:37pm
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post #13 of 83
1/3/07 at 7:30pm
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Time for another bump.
post #14 of 83
1/11/07 at 7:05pm
Well I am a big believer in when terrorism is stopped there will be peace in the middle east, until that happens completely( which terrorism is widespead and will never go away) then I don't beleive peace will be achieved in the middle East. Anything that promotes peace is a good thing but a handful of such programs doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell of making a dent in palistinian public opinion when you see the hatred and indoctrenation spewing out of the mouths of Palistinian politicicians,teachers, children, people from all walks of life.
post #15 of 83
1/11/07 at 9:23pm
Merpk, an interesting site.
post #16 of 83
1/14/07 at 10:35am
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JewishM'2, if you dig around the site, you'll see that it's about people, not organizations. These are people who have people with them and connect to other people ... *not* organizations who have governments with them connecting to organizations.


Grassroots on both (all!) sides.


And they'll tell two friends, and they'll tell two friends, and so on and so on and so on ...


It's got to start somewhere.



But I hear you, totally. And I repeat: It's got to start somewhere.
post #17 of 83
1/14/07 at 7:38pm
Still : for all.
post #18 of 83
1/21/07 at 4:05am
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Bumping.
post #19 of 83
2/1/07 at 9:28pm
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2/8/07 at 10:30pm
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