OneVoice Movement Press Coverage

By Daniel Lubetzky

In War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges argues that conflict creates a common enemy, and from that we derive a sense of community, commonality, and shared interest. But what is going on in Israel and Palestine is no longer a conflict — it is chaos. Chaos does not unify. […]

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More than a half-million Israelis and Palestinians have signed a petition demanding a two-state solution.
The OneVoice Movement said Tuesday it had exceeded its goal — four months early — of 500,000 signatures, with 262,008 Israelis and 274,435 Palestinians signing on.
The petition calls on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to […]

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By Kathleen Nahill

Two student activists discussed their experiences growing up in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Tuesday in McShain Lounge, noting the hardships they have overcome to work on ending the violence.
Yaniv Rivlin, an Israeli, and Shadha Musallam, a Palestinian, said the constant presence of violence in their lives led them to become politically […]

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SIR – You seem to dismiss the efforts of peace groups working towards the co-existence of Israelis and Palestinians when you ask, “if so many people are intent on making peace, why hasn’t it happened by now?” (“Still campaigning for co-existence”, September 1st). All the Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian, Jordanian and Saudi leaders we have spoken […]

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By James Morrison

The future of peace in the Middle East might be in the hands of people like a former Israeli soldier who admitted he was once so angry that he wanted to kill Arabs indiscriminately and a Palestinian woman whose parents were so close to Yasser Arafat that she considered him her godfather.
Yaniv Rivlin, […]

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