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!
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.
Posted by: Miriam Asnes | January 25, 2007 at 20:58
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...
Posted by: Jake Hayman | January 25, 2007 at 18:31