Despite the
fact that Israeli Arab and Jewish youth live in the same country and even study
at the same universities, they often grow up without meeting. When tensions
rise in the region, this lack of mutual understanding can lead to stereotyping,
hostility and even violence.
We believe
the Internet can help break down these barriers. In honor of today’s 30th
annual International Day of Peace, we’re partnering with the Peres Center for Peace, a non-profit organization founded by the President of Israel and Nobel
Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres. The center promotes cooperation and
peacebuilding between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel as well as between
Israel and its Arab neighbors.
Together,
we’ll be holding a series of Hangouts on Google+ designed to enable dialogue
between Israeli Arab and Jewish students. “Hanging Out for Peace” is a
six-month project that will involve nearly 150 Israeli university students,
women and men, with an equal number of Arabs and Jews. Students will be divided
into mixed Jewish and Arab ‘circles’, matched with other students who study the
same subject at university.
The circles
will meet via Hangouts on Google+, led by instructors from the Peres Center,
and will undertake online and offline projects related to the circle’s area of
academic focus. After a series of Hangouts, the students will meet face to
face, present the projects they’ve developed to the larger group of
participants and discuss issues that arose during their work together.
The
Internet provides a perfect platform for dialogue and cooperation. It can help
overcome physical barriers and connect people from different cultures who have
shared interests and common values. We’re excited to see how this project
develops and hope that, in a small way, it will help foster coexistence and
understanding between Israeli Jews and Arabs and, in the future, build bridges
between other communities, too.
Posted by
Doron Avni, Head of Policy, Israel
(Subjects: Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, Arabs, EU, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)
" ..... If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening. ....."
"Perceptions of God" – June 6, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Quantum Teaching, The Fear of God, Near-death Experience, God Becomes Mythology, Worship, Mastery, Intelligent Design, Benevolent Creator, Global Unity.... etc.) (Text version)
"Perceptions of God" – June 6, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Quantum Teaching, The Fear of God, Near-death Experience, God Becomes Mythology, Worship, Mastery, Intelligent Design, Benevolent Creator, Global Unity.... etc.) (Text version)
“.. For centuries you haven't been able to think past that box of what God must be like. So you create a Human-like God with wars in heaven, angel strife, things that would explain the devil, fallen angels, pearly gates, lists of dos and don'ts, and many rules still based on cultures that are centuries old. You create golden streets and even sexual pleasures as rewards for men (of course) - all Human perspective, pasted upon God. I want to tell you that it's a lot different than that. I want to remind you that there are those who have seen it! Why don't you ask somebody who has had what you would call a near-death experience?
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