What will YOU do for peace in the Middle East?

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Permalink Reply by Thea Berkhout on January 21, 2009 at 11:06pm

Knowing each other is loving eachother. Good idia.

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Permalink Reply by Farida Magdalena Gillot on January 23, 2009 at 5:25pm

I have found a wonderful lecture of Saleem Siddiqui. I have linked to my other website. Itis about the history of Creation, Humans, Angels, Jinn's and much more. Essential knowledge for anyone who is seriously involved in life itself.

For me it was an eye opener and I am grateful that I found this knowledge. It supports any idea of Universal Peace, Love and Understanding, but especially Compassion towards any Human Being on Earth.

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Permalink Reply by Yahya Merchant on January 31, 2009 at 6:22pm

Also I do support moderate Jewish efforts to work for peace such as
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I also fight against ANY extremist position whether it is political or religious no matter what the groups religious or political affiliations are. Only moderation is acceptable behavior.

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Permalink Reply by Eyal Raviv on January 21, 2009 at 9:06pm

Thank you to each of you for responding to this call for dedication to our cause. Your response shows we can strive together for Middle East peace. I am honored to be your partner.

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Permalink Reply by Ada Aharoni on January 21, 2009 at 11:02pm

Dear Friends,

Since the year 2000, together with our excellent webmaster, El Deib, born in Egypt, we have published a daily IFLAC DIGEST NEWSLETTER, on the Internet, for the spreading of the Culture of Peace, Understanding, and Respect between Israelis and Palestinians, and among people and nations. You are welcome to subscribe to this free and important PEACE Digest by visiting one of the sites: www.iflac.com and www.iflac.com/ada and clicking on the subscribe form . We would also be delighted if you feel like leaving your impressions, and thoughts on peace and reconciliation, at: www.iflac.com/guestbook

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Permalink Reply by Thea Berkhout on January 21, 2009 at 11:02pm

When I peace works on you peace than we get peace and than I shall have peace,
That is the only way to get peace.

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Permalink Reply by windsfeather on January 22, 2009 at 1:22am

I work with world leaders and bring information to the forefront. I take myths and research and use my tallents to bring collective dialog within varied governments.

I am currently working on a world wide program that will eliminate the blood money and allow for tracking of the dollars through banks, insurance, ngo and other agencies. this is a huge task and i have not been able to do all that i wanted to do since october. Just know this is underway and there are many corporations involved.

I live in the state where we house a lot of wheat approx 1/5 of the worlds wheat supplies. our local colleges have varied hybreds that deal with various regions. Palestine is short on wheat we need to get rid of our surplus. So, ask the white house for this grain. Senator Max Baucas has worked hard in the area of foreign trade and program to ranchers and farmers in; wheat, barley and sugar, cattle and sheep. Lets work collectively together. He had a 9 million dollar omni package that got turned down. I am going to revisit his package and get it ready to re-present to the white house.



It is vital that we keep these two areas talking and that we have foundations set.

I see a need for the UN and Geneva convention to re-think chemical warfare and redesign a plan to place the safety nets in place. I am really concerned with the countries that do not follow the UN or Geneva convention. They have flaws yet they have worked to a point of great diplomacy. We need to continue working with them.

Out of many comments I must say one stood out among a lot of you and I will address this as a great thing. Mazlh, stated it correctly; we can not defend war criminals and we can not allow excuses for war.

He also stated our peace objective of reaching out to varied leaders world wide. we really need to keep those letters, emails and phone calls going to various heads of states. If your not doing this then you need to start.

The Euphoria of peace and those who can bring peace is a real false sense of security. We as peace makers need to watch this false sense because itt can lead to additional deaths and future sanctions. The goal isn't to divide nations and draw lines but to bring these nations together to bring more sound actions.

Obama has his hands full and he will be lucky to deal with afganistan and Iraq. We have a lot to see in Hilary Clinton. I just hope she is stronger than Bill was at bringing action into this area.

We need to work at taking "No", and "can't" out of ur daily dialog and replace it with sound choices.

Corey G - Filling the gaps to much larger problems is key. To opening doors to those larger problems. Take an onion and it is huge, peel that onion and the problem no longer is a problem. Neri's has some great ideas; I hope you take the time to contact him.

The time has come to stop waiting. We must not take the ideology that time will heal wounds. We must first treat the infection before the wounds can heal. We must remove the damaged soil and replace the soil with good dirt. this must happen before the seeds can take root and not allow for diease to take root. I am talking about economic and social gain of society can be achieved if we are willing to take the problems out and replace them with sound working principals.

I urge those who are reading to push forward and remember it is calm before the storm. We must work to bring these areas together. So, other communities will grow. Your not just affecting Israel and Palestine. Your affecting all of us as a world order.

The idea that Europe will save this area is also false. The idea that socialistic values may work better than capitalistic or communistic formulas also apear true. I am not a cleric and I can not decipher the Koran. In America we have a really bad saying women say about men when they are unhappy with their relationships. "Men are Pigs!" in the full context it is not true. It is used as a way of saying; disrespectful, unclean and lazy. Understand and embrace that Allah is the light of lights and with him good comes from good.

We really fail to see the full scale of what Israel's point to this war is or why the past USA secretary of state Ms. C. Rice obstained in the UN vote. I can only say they had a very good and sound reason and with my research I must stand behind Ms. Rice. She did her job knowing how painful the outcome. there were issues we didn't get to see. We are dealing with half a deck of cards.

Hamas doesn't need to be deterred military for any time frame. Here is a prime example of the wrong question being asked. We need to go back and re-direct the question'"As a military power what is your plan to promote a better life style for your people and how do you plan to open borders for micro & macro economics. What is the structure.

Hamas have been torturing another ruling party. Bully tatics will not work. The time has come for world orders to stop and make the path of direction clear and maindate the current leadership to adbide by this structure. There are no winners in war.

Basil, the plitical agendas of a sleect few do not represent the world view. Unra and the Un along with many other governments are working towards measures the political toll in this region must continue to erode surrounding societies. Prevention is a pound of cure.
Lets look closer at the world picture. The days of bully tatics are over.
"Should be, Would be, Could be are ideas that just propaganda thoughts of a failed begining to peace efforts. USA has closely stood beside Israel along with many other nations. I will never forget former primeminister Tony Blair's face when he had to define moral and legal issues. The pain in his eyes was unmistaken.

Lets leave the fanatics on both sides wehre they belong. We really need to focus on peace programs. I would like to say thank you to the varied ngo's non-ngo's the UN, redcross. you did a great thing and managed to allow the world to see this and allowed the legal law makers the evidence and correct information to allow sound decisions to be made. You saved additional 1,000's of lives. Thank you!

I will ask the Hamas to reframe from gloating over the lost lives of your people. The true man walks without being seen. There is no winners in war. Dialog and structure will give us a chance to bring collective governments and allow for micro and macro economics to happen. One note; fatah isn't your problem.

I am going to re-direct the statement of CW agents and Chemical weapons. and as a peace maker to bring your evidence to the table and allow the law makers to do their job. If you disagree with varied events then we need to ask Geneva convention and the UN to redefine the mass weapons supplies. We have a grave need to get rid of these chemical agents and I will tell if you find mass quanaties of chemical report it to the ngo's it must get out to the UN or to Geneva. Now to redirect someones thoughts to Phosper agents being used to bomb civillians. This has been disproven. There were a total of 10 casualities who were afflected with this agent and the Red Cross confirmed that it was not against Geneva's convention. If you don't like this then I suggest you start writing the letters to make this action no longer a valid option.

One last note there are no winners to war. There is no justification to killing. None.

Solutions = Peace

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Permalink Reply by Sie.Kathieravealu on January 22, 2009 at 3:38am

The views expressed in the article does not seem to be biased. Most of the points raised are correct.

Current wars have to be ended and new wars have to be prevented. To achieve this goal the present system of Democratic Governance has to be changed to one that is really democratic in its true sense.

In the present democratic system it is only the powerful - speech, money and thuggery - can join the ruling class to suppress or convert others all others as their subjects and is a fertile ground for "corruption" in various forms to thrive.

In my opinion "Corruption" includes any kind of waste, neglect and every form of malpractice, dishonesty, abuse, misuse, unreasonable exercise of power, failure or refusal to exercise power, anything and everything left undone which results in the right of the people being denied or impaired.

Without a "just society" in existence much talked about "terrorism" cannot be eradicated. For the creation of a "just society" there should be "good governance" in the country. For the creation of "good governance" in the country "corruption" in ALL its forms must be eradicated. And to eradicate "corruption" the present democratic system of governance, where full power to make final decisions ultimately rests in the hands of one person, must be changed.

So the only way to salvage a country is to change the present system of governance to one that is truly democratic where the final decision-making power will NOT be in the hands of ONE person BUT shared by as many people as possible and thus restricting any individual hasty decisions that might lead to trouble everywhere.

To make a country truly democratic, the powers of the Parliament (the decision making supreme body of a country) should be split and separated and each of the separated powers must be handled by different groups of persons selected and elected by the people for the purpose of administering EACH SET OF POWERS or duties as the case may be so that no single group has the full power. All the groups together will make the whole. The country is not divided but the powers of parliament are divided/separated.

Different groups have to be elected for such purposes as administration, fiscal management, planning, implementing, policy and law making, auditing and for any other function that may be deemed necessary.

The group that is entrusted with the power to make laws and regulations shall not be given the duty/power of implementing/administering the laws and regulations.

Particular care should be taken to see that all powers are NOT CONCENTRATED in one place and that they do not overlap and there must not be a secret budget to be handled by a single person.

All transactions should be transparent including Diplomacy which has to be diplomatically transparent.

One set of powers dealing with the development of the country should be given to the set of representatives at the village level. The people of each and every village must be empowered to determine their way of life (lifestyle). The life-style of a village, its lands and resources shall not be disturbed by external forces.

All plans of development of a village that remotely/indirectly affects the village must have the concurrence of the people of that village concerned.

It has to be ensured that people are treated equitably regardless of their gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origins, age, disability, socio-economic background, religious or political beliefs and affiliations, marital status, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or other inappropriate distinction;

The decision-making powers with regard to each and every set of powers must be spread through-out the country.

With such system in practice discrimination, injustice, bribery and corruption, the four pillars of an Evil society might become history.

When the above four pillars of Evil are eradicated, the people would be living under a system that would guarantee sustainable peace, prosperity and a pleasant living to everyone in any country.

Comments on the above views are solicited from everyone with a view to prevent future wars and end current wars.

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Permalink Reply by Shoshana Cochrane on January 22, 2009 at 7:17am

Unfortunately I am not in a position to assist finacially as I am on a limited income. What would I do for peace? Dialogue and listening to each others stories regardless whether Palestinian or Israeli. Promoting friendship and understanding and stop focusing on differences. Recognising similarities. I already belong here in Sydney, Australia to Jewish voices for Peace and Justice attempting to promote just that. If I had the financial resources to do so I as a Jewish woman would offer my services in whatever capacity is needed to help the citizens of Gaza, so they could see that not all Jews were hostile towards them.
I also think it is paramount that the Jews in the Diaspra urge Israel to stop the occupation and work towards a two state solution . Israel has every right to exist as a Jewish state but it urgently needs to offer a permanent peaceful solution so Jews and Palestinians can live side by side and in harmony. I am really trying to do this in Australia it would be great as a former Israeli that I could have some influence both in Israel and to Hamas

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Permalink Reply by shelley hermon on January 22, 2009 at 3:00pm

Here, 3 things i will do for peace in the Middle East:
1. Live through example. Be peace.
2. Show empathy for my 'enemy' and remind them they have someone to talk with, even if it doesn't appear that way.
3. Complete my film!

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Permalink Reply by Eyal Raviv on January 22, 2009 at 3:12pm

That's great!

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Permalink Reply by Peace_maker on January 23, 2009 at 1:25am

I like the idea what this is saying cause it is so easy to make war to buy bullets then trying to make peace a place a education I think 27 million dollars is very much of a better prophet to use to educate children then use hatred to teach them
I think it is a good idea here at this point

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