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As far as I know, the two-state solution lied on Israel's hand and now the ball is in Israel's court. In order not to have its ties ruined with the whole world, Israel has to give as many as of concessions such as stop its settlements expansion ac...
This group is for everyone who believes that a single, democratic, binational state is the only sustainable answer to the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Hi Anas, you have not come back to me, neither have you sent any thing you told me about. Hope to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Ibrahim
Dear Peacemakers,
This is Ibrahim, a new member of MEPEACE. In fact, I have lately joined the group with the belief that we can make the change and improve our lives to the better. I am sure, my friends, that all of us have dreams and hope they c...
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- At 4:07pm on March 25, 2009,
Diah Triasih Agustina said…
- Hi, Ibrahim! Nice to have you here.
I hope you, your family and friends are fine there.
Keep the faith and stay strong.
Stay safe, bro ^^
- At 7:31pm on March 24, 2009,
Rivka said…
- Complients for your English! And welcome!
- At 11:58am on March 23, 2009,
Hiba said… - Welcome friend, glad that you joined us.
Your contribution will add to us, enjoy the site.
Hiba Hamzeh
Executive Partner - MEPEACE.org
- At 8:07pm on March 22, 2009,
Eyal Raviv إيال راڤيڤ אייל רביב said… - Welcome Friend,
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- At 11:00pm on March 18, 2009,
Eli Williamson-Jones said… - Ibrahim-
Welcome to MePeace. I hope you make some great connections in the community while helping us seek peace in the Middle East and the world.
Sincerely,
-Eli
(a fellow world citizen)
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Palestine
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- My personal story:
- I am a Palestinian Young man who has lived all his life in a poverty-stricken refugee camp in the forever-war-torn Gaza Strip. As a new graduate of the English Department at the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG), I feel full of energy to embrace life and love it.... just simply enjoy it and live it peacefully.
I am so proud to be the only one amongst my siblings to have got the chance to go to college. My family and I have lived all our life, as many others in the Gaza Strip have, under hard and oppressive life conditions; poverty and war, security chaos and lawlessness. Such difficult life conditions oppress my hope and that of my fellow young Palestinian men and women for a better life for us, our families and our society at large. When I look ahead and try to explore the opportunities available for me and for my newly graduate friends as we are getting ready to face the real world, we see none.
Many of the young people feel hopeless and helpless. Life in Gaza as well as in the West Bank is very harsh. It seems to many people that there is no a light at the end of the tunnel. I am afraid that some of my fellow young men will give up the hope and adapt to the harsh and violent reality we live here in the Gaza Strip. But I refuse to give up the hope. I will fight against the hopelessness and despair. I am determined not to give up. Our misery and all the hardships that our society faces are due to many factors. And if we can identify the sources of the problem, we can figure out ways to possibly solve them.
The main cause of all trouble in Gaza is the continued Israeli occupation. Yes, even though Israel has evacuated the settlers from Gaza, it still in control of everything. Everything in our daily life is controlled by Israel.
But the Israeli occupation is not our only problem. It would be a blind statement to say so. There are many other crucial problems that are deeply routed in our Palestinian society. Our society is so divided around the factional lines. There is no central decision making authority. The Palestinian authority is useless and helpless in facing the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories and in curbing the security chaos and the state of lawlessness. Our society is messed up, and we are responsible for most of it.
One of our main problems is that the Palestinian political culture lacks the open-mindedness and the respect for the other opinions, that thing is crucial for building a democratic society that respects the law and keeps order. Having different opinions most of the times leads rivalry, and even enmity at some point, as we have seen in the fatal fighting between Hamas and Fatah all over the Gaza Strip over the past two years.
Also, the Palestinians are destined to have close relations with Israel, not only because Israel is still the occupying power that is still in control of everything in our life, but also because it is our neighbor. The relationship between the Israeli and the Palestinian societies is very limited to military checkpoints and violent attack back and froth from and against each side. There is no communication with the Israelis on the civilian level. I never had any encounter with the Israel people and youth. All my experience has been with soldiers on checkpoint pointing their guns at me.
This lack of communication with the Israeli students and youth, and the whole civil society at large, has created huge barriers between the two peoples and the two societies. This has, in turn, dehumanized the 'other' in the eyes of the each of the two peoples. I always thought of ways I can raise this point. And this was the topic of my presentation in the Turkey conference on Education for Peace and Democracy last November. The conference was sponsored by Israel/Palestine Center For Research & Information (IPCRI). Unfortunately, I missed this golden opportunity as I was five minutes late for the flight due to the Israeli intensive security measures ...
- Why I want peace:
- Our Palestinian society is suffering a great deal. The continuing Israeli occupation and the never ending internal rift between the political rivals, the security chaos and the clan fighting, the siege imposed by the international community and so many other hardships.
The Palestinian youth, has lost faith and hope in peace; and they are victims of despair. They hear no voice of reason among the noise of gunfire in the street everyday of their life. Violence seems to be the only way for expressing opinion and probably the only available way for them make use of their energy. Plus, the environment they live in makes them a fertile land for violence, unfortunately.
The voice of youth is oppressed and unheard. The only way they can make use of their energy is through extremist channels. They have lost hope in the future; they have no jobs. They need a little bit of hope and encouragement. They need to hear moderate voices.
I hope to be enabled to raise my concerns and express my views freely and safely and, in turn, to enable them to express their moderate views. I have been thinking of ways to keep up the hope and plant the seeds of hope in their hearts, my fellow youth. Now that I work as a project coordinator at the Palestinian Development Forum, I am in a position to make initiatives for the youth. I just need to have contracts with the proper people abroad, especially with Israeli counterparts.
I wish to see the seeds of hope being planted in our society, the thing that will lead to the re-birth of life in the hearts of the Palestinian youth. I hope to share my views and my hopes and overcome my fears with my fellow young Palestinians. I hope to marsh them, hand in hand, towards a better future and peaceful and prosperous life.
- Interests and activities:
- Interests: Listening to music, reading novels, writing feature stories, etc.
Activities: Conducting and attending seminars, workshops, discussion circles, etc.
- Something you didn't know about me:
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- How I found mepeace.org:
- On Facebook
- What I want to achieve here:
- None of us lacks the vision for peace, what we often lack is the first step in action. Therefore, the possibility of joining this platform represents a very important first step for me in the international arena.
In my opinion this fact can lead the Palestinian youth to work together in an effort to push the wheel of change forward and to persist in attempting to negotiate with whoever aims to topple their positive goals of a constructive and peaceful life. Therefore, I believe this platform for peacemaking would be of the greatest value to the development of my future work in peace and advocacy and also to my future contribution to a just and peaceful solution in the region.
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I agree Oliver. It is interesting that honest attempts at communication are often greeted in places like this with jeers and patronising and derogatory presumptions about the perceived other's "real" intentions.
Yes, Paul, communication is crucial indeed. "Simplistic slogans" won't help in the long term, that's clear. But honest and clear communication requires courageousness on all sides. Slogans are, in my view, often (as you also imply above) an 'indiv...
Neri is right in pointing to the "root causes of the action". What is defined as 'terror' has diverse such root causes - religion/religious fundamentalism being one of them. And yes, Ahmed, fundamentalisms exist in a plethora of religions - Christ...
hello friend to be ...nissim dahan your so blessed for being you, but in your issue about your new blog we all the people born in denial in my own opinion cause every one of as lies and lying is the number word using of its people who need to lie ...
hello friend i agree for your issue cause upon i observe in this setuation in middle east or even in any part of the world eve been obsreve that there is always a big descremination for the islam between the christian yes its true cause in any ter...
hello genevieve how are you hope that you will be my friend in this organization you join your welcome and blessed cause you are now a good peacemaker ..for your blog upon your heart , your heart has a good heart too cause i know if you just have ...
"we are the equivalent of black people of the 1950s in the US South"
No, you're not. Please don't make such a link, it's highly inaccurate.
a.) Arabs living in Israel have equal rights. Regardless of what you might think, this isn't apartheid. W...
The conflict will not be resolve by going back to pre 1920 condition; historians as Ilan Pappe and others are not contributing to create a better future they just focus on their interpretation of history.
the future is not interpretation, the fut...
It's actually a reflection of the Israeli religious ministry which serves to uphold the dominance of Judaism in Israel. In that respect it's not much different than most middle eastern countries.
Terror is what one side call the violent action of the other side, defining any one as terrorist just disable us from practically access the root causes of the action and provide non violent solution.
Terror Has no religion ,color ,Race ,Home ,Hu...
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Sund...
So what is the differense between the hate you present and the hate we see in the video?
Do you think that only Israelis express hate?
Do you think that the peace we wish to create will not include these people and the Palestinian people who hate...
wow wow wow
I did not know how western think .I ask my self Question . when some one make terrible thing and murder ,why they fast looking to his religion , if it Islam called him terror ,or Islam are terror ,so is really Islam terror .i did not t...
Que? Disarm the Palestinians? Who has the nuclear, biological and conventional weapons? Certainly not the Palestinians.
Who is full of hate?
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