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Peace is at the heart of Neve Shalom.
Long before universities starting granting graduate degrees in peacemaking and diplomacy, a handful of Israeli families -- three Jewish and one Arab - devised their own path to a better future for their children.
Together they founded a new intentional community in 1979, based on trust and shared values.
A school where you learn how to make peace
Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 1:57 AM EST
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These are not one-day "feel good" seminars where Jews meet Arabs, but intensive months-long training platforms aimed at creating long-lasting dialogues and understanding of each other's values and contributions to society. Israeli universities award undergraduate and graduate credit for School for Peace coursework
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#1 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 2:07 AM ESTThe methodology is to look at asymmetric power structures instead of interpersonal relations of the group. The school's approach has been applied not only in Israel but also between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, Irish Catholics and Protestants, and among adversaries in South Africa, Kosovo and Los Angeles. The Peace University in Costa Rica uses its model, too.
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#2 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 2:07 AM ESTThe methodology is to look at asymmetric power structures instead of interpersonal relations of the group. The school's approach has been applied not only in Israel but also between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, Irish Catholics and Protestants, and among adversaries in South Africa, Kosovo and Los Angeles. The Peace University in Costa Rica uses its model, too.
This is interesting; I'm not sure what they are saying though.
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#4 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 1:10 PM ESTHello krishna
This is a really enjoyable article to read. To hear about people who see thing similarly to the way as I do. Thank you for seeding this article. I am sorry to hear the village only grew to fifty families. I wish it had grown to fifty thousand families. Building an understanding of peace is the way to peace. The Arc: A Formal Structure For a Palestinian State | RAND David
PEACE
Let there be more love,
World leaders that are doves.
A world with fewer guns,
More mothers with their sons.
Instead of fighting war,
We help the poor.
With all of our might,
We are not always right
People have to care,
To make things fair.
Let there be more flowers,
With all of our powers.
Let there be peace,
In the Middle East.
David
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#5 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:51 PM EST
I am sorry to hear the village only grew to fifty families.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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And it doesn't get alot of play because it doesn't sell the news, nor serve the agenda. As long as they're passing out Nobel Peace Prizes like candy, how about throwing a couple their way.
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One of the negative problems about peace initiatives is the anti-normalization movements among Palestinians. They have caused cancellation of efforts made by both peace-minded Palestinians and Israels to expand their peace initiatives.
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anti-normalization movements
that's a good point.
There is a lot of that too.
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Here is a link to the seed concerning the opposition to normalization. I think my comment above would be better worded if I said "One of the negative problems preventing peace initiatives..." which is what I meant. Their argument is that normalization wouild mean acceptance of the occupation.
http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/03/9925571-co-existence-vs-co-resistance-a-case-against-normalization
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Global Crier, I read about the Rand Arc when you referred to it in a previous seed. It's interesting because a couple of years ago Squidward and I had a discussion about a connection with a rail line and a highway between Gaza and the WB as a solution to a lot of problems. Although I don't remember exactly, we might have considered that it could have tunnels and/or raised rails/highways through sensitive areas. At the time neither of us was aware of the Rand concept.
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Why is it so much harder to build unity for a way of peace than it is to go to war. Is it because war is finite with a definite beginning and an end in most cases with a winner and loser. With peace being so abstract and undefined many people do not think it is real or obtainable. There is a much wider road to peace with many more branches where the road to war is very narrow and straight. Maybe it is because the road to peace is not a reflection to the realities on the ground. Where one pizzeria bombing makes news around the world and a detailed outline plan for peace is barely seen or heard by anyone. Could it be that a few corporations and people can monopolize the profits of war. Or is it just mankind's DNA to fight with those who are different. David Global Crier
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#6 - Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:17 AM ESTWhy is it so much harder to build unity for a way of peace than it is to go to war. Is it because war is finite with a definite beginning and an end in most cases with a winner and loser.
The Arabs and the Jews have been fighting since the time of Mohammed (PBUH).
Is it over..yet???
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Hello krishna To make such a short broad statement of a half truth is so very wrong in trying to find a way to peace for our children. David
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anti-normalization movements
that's a good point. I like it.
There is a lot of that too.
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