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Post by jamieson on Aug 7, 2014 1:19:12 GMT
I'm not interested in political conversations that resort to name-calling, so I bowed out of the earlier thread. Not because I'm a fragile flower, as one poster said, but because I despise some of the assumptions made about those of us sympathetic to innocent Palestinians. I saw a story about this group, Seeds of Peace on the news last night, and wondered what small steps like this could possibly make in ending war in the middle east.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Aug 7, 2014 1:40:26 GMT
I first heard of this organization many years ago when I saw Queen Noor of Jordan. She has done a lot of advocacy for them. I love the idea.
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Post by annabella on Aug 7, 2014 1:40:52 GMT
I saw that piece and think it's a wonderful organization.
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Post by mztfied on Aug 7, 2014 2:51:58 GMT
I saw that on the news. What a great idea. I was so impressed with those kids. Future leaders I hope!!
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Post by lucyg on Aug 7, 2014 7:32:35 GMT
I think it's a fantastic organization, too. It's a first step in creating a new awareness and attitude between the Israelis and Palestinians. They've been around for a long time. Since before the First Intifada, maybe.
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Post by jamieson on Aug 9, 2014 20:38:27 GMT
I felt so good seeing that piece about peace on the evening news. It gives me hope that that these kids will look at one another differently.
Lucy, I know we have disagreed. I wish I were more articulate in expressing my views, because I've learned a lot from you. Thank you.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 11, 2014 7:11:50 GMT
I felt so good seeing that piece about peace on the evening news. It gives me hope that that these kids will look at one another differently. Lucy, I know we have disagreed. I wish I were more articulate in expressing my views, because I've learned a lot from you. Thank you. That is lovely, JamiesonB. Thank you so much. I think we're all feeling a little bruised by the discussions over the past week or two. (I didn't type JamiesonB above or right there ... my autocorrect added the B. So I decided to just leave it for old times' sake.)
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Post by I-95 on Aug 11, 2014 8:35:32 GMT
Seeds of Peace is a wonderful organization! I have always maintained that perhaps the only way we will ever achieve peace in the ME is if we start with the children. As surprising as this might be to some of you, I work with an organization that has similar goals, here in Israel... www.masksoff.org/index.htmThe organization was started by a wonderful woman who was nominated for a Noble Peace Prize for her work. The basic premise of Masks Off is a dance troop of children, aged 13-21 from different religions, who live in the Upper Galilee. Most of these children have lived their entire lives under the threat of war from all sides. The idea behind the dance production, and the name, is everyone starts the performance with a mask on, so nobody knows who is Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze etc. In the final scene the masks come off and they realize they are really all the same, no matter what their religion, upbringing, culture or history. It is just another way to get the children of the area to interact and share the love of dance, music and theatre, then realize that there really is no difference between them. The kids perform mostly in Israel, but have done tours of Italy and Germany...and hopefully, next year, the USA. As with Seeds of Peace, it's baby steps, but who knows, one day these kids may make a difference. We hope so.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 9:16:12 GMT
I'm not interested in political conversations that resort to name-calling, so I bowed out of the earlier thread. Not because I'm a fragile flower, as one poster said, but because I despise some of the assumptions made about those of us sympathetic to innocent Palestinians. I saw a story about this group, Seeds of Peace on the news last night, and wondered what small steps like this could possibly make in ending war in the middle east. I saw an article about the organization some while ago Jamieson. It can only be a good thing and I firmly believe in the saying " from little acorns Oak trees grow"
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 11, 2014 11:26:30 GMT
I'm not interested in political conversations that resort to name-calling, so I bowed out of the earlier thread. Not because I'm a fragile flower, as one poster said, but because I despise some of the assumptions made about those of us sympathetic to innocent Palestinians. I saw a story about this group, Seeds of Peace on the news last night, and wondered what small steps like this could possibly make in ending war in the middle east. Small steps like this are what makes big advances and I wish the organisation every success, it's wonderful that they are doing that with the children! I hadn't heard about it before jamieson so am obviously way behind - I somehow must have missed any mention of it in England - so thank you!
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 11, 2014 11:27:02 GMT
I'm not interested in political conversations that resort to name-calling, so I bowed out of the earlier thread. Not because I'm a fragile flower, as one poster said, but because I despise some of the assumptions made about those of us sympathetic to innocent Palestinians. I saw a story about this group, Seeds of Peace on the news last night, and wondered what small steps like this could possibly make in ending war in the middle east. Small steps like this are what makes big advances and I wish the organisation every success, it's wonderful that they are doing that with the children! I hadn't heard about it before jamieson so am obviously way behind - I somehow must have missed any mention of it in England - so thank you!
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 11, 2014 12:28:53 GMT
Seeds of peace sounds like wonderful idea, as does masks off, I95.
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