OneVoice Movement Press Coverage

By Richard  Boudreaux

Jerusalem - Dorian Paskowitz, the American surfer credited with introducing the sport to Israel in the 1950s, returned this week with a new idea: using donated surfboards to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.

After two hours of bickering, the retired physician from Dana Point persuaded Israeli authorities to open the Erez border crossing Tuesday […]

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By Isabel Kershner

JERUSALEM, Aug. 21  The noted American surfer, Dr. Dorian Paskowitz, has high hopes for Gaza, and like the waves, he will not let anything stop him trying to see them through.
 
Palestinians from the Gaza Strip were allowed through the Erez crossing on Tuesday to receive the surfboards.
On Tuesday, Dr. Paskowitz, 86, […]

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Gaza  An octogenerian American surfer hopes to improve ties between Israelis and Palestinians by sending surf boards to the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported from Jerusalem.
Dorian Paskowitz, an 86-year-old physician, says the idea came to him after reading about Gazans using broken surf boards because they could not buy new ones.
Paskowitz […]

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By Ori Lewis
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An octogenerian American surfer hopes to get Israelis and Palestinians on the same wave by sending surf boards to the Gaza Strip.
Dorian Paskowitz, an 86-year-old physician, says the idea came to him after he watched a television program in the United States which showed Gazans using broken surf boards […]

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By Rachel Fletcher

Nearly 300 people gathered outside Parliament last week in solidarity with Israelis and Palestinians seeking a grassroots-led peace process.

Department for International Development minister Shahid Malik MP and shadow foreign minister David Lidington MP led the gathering of conflict-resolution group OneVoice. Around 30 MPs were among the gathering, in which supporters recorded messages of […]

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