Posts under ‘peace’

Maybe it’s me, but my eyes wandered off to some positive news on the web today. Figured I’d share some here.
Trade between Israel, PA steadily rising – pretty impressive, in times of a global financial crisis. Good news for both sides – nothing like money and economic interests to cement stability and make the sides [...]

It’s pretty bleak out there, politically, these days. I don’t recall
the last time I talked to anyone, left or right, Jewish or Arab, who
mentioned any light in the end of the tunnel. Pretty much everyone is
busy with slinging mud at the other side, in an endless cycle of blame
laying. The sad thing, of course, is [...]

I’m writing this post, partly in response to some comments which I received.
First, I wish to address the touching comments, some with links to horrendous videos depicting the plight of the people of Gaza.
Not a day or an hour goes by that I don’t have the people of Gaza on my mind. My heart breaks [...]

Mo-ha-med wrote two long interesting posts about “debunking Israeli arguments”. First part is here and the second part is here.
There were so many things he’s written there that I see as wrong, I was all set and ready to write a long post debunking his post. Then I read his disclaimer here where he says:
No, [...]

Interesting Views by Syrian head of opposition (in exile, of course!)
He’s not the only one either. I know I have met my share of liberal, free thinking, left-winged Arabs and Muslims online and offline, who share my own distaste for both Hamas and the Jewish settlers of Hebron (same kind of people in my book).
I [...]

Israel on Wednesday officially confirmed that an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire (tahadiyeh) with Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip will go into effect at 6 A.M. Thursday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/993702.html
There is a lot of controversy in Israel concerning the topic of a ceasefire with Hamas. What people are afraid of, in a nutshell, is this -
1. The Hamas [...]

I was talking on Skype to a Syrian student in Damascus a couple of years ago. It was fairly exciting (and I’m not even sure how legal, for either of us). We discussed current events in the Middle East, and the prospects of peace between Israel and Syria. At some point, my newfound Syrian buddy [...]

The news just broke out on the radio. It’s official now – Syria and Israel have been negotiating for three days now. The negotiations are facilitated by Turkey, bless them. I am pretty excited about this!
I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that peace with Syria, is IMO, the key to peace in [...]