Video from the people to Abbas, Livni and Peres on stage

So a powerful use of video in the session I just left which was organized by the OneVoiceMovement, with Mahmud Abbas, Shimon Peres, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on center stage with WEF Founder Klaus Schwab as a powerful videotaped plea for peace from the people of Israel and Palestine was played to the panel and the audience.

Both sides are talking about a two state solution.....

I hope my former WITNESS colleague Ronit Avni at Just Vision is working hand in hand with Daniel Lubetsky at OneVoice since they are so alligned and complementary!

Comments

[Miriam Asnes]

Indeed, JustVision, OneVoice and WITNESS together constitute a formidable network! Perhaps there's a way to collaborate given that our movement on campuses in the US is also growing.

[Jake Hayman]

See blog.Onevoicemovement.org to keep track of the mass gatherings that are going to be taking place between Israelis and Palestinians over the coming months - we have to make sure the leaders stick to the promises made today. Have so-called 'enemy' populations ever succesfully brought together their leaderships like this before? Its civil society in action...