Featured Blog Posts – December 2007 Archive (7)

One year for the mepeace.org domain :-)

Today marks exactly a year since I registered mepeace.org. Thank you

for joining our community and contributing to our peacemaking. I will

write to you from time to time to keep you updated on our progress. I

am proud of what we have together accomplished. A year ago, I did not

know what exactly what I would do with this domain. Now I know! I want

to offer interaction, information and inspiration for peace.

On mepeace.org, we offer interaction on our comment… Continue

Added by Eyal Raviv on December 31, 2007 at 6:34pm — No Comments

Peace Now - Activists Seminar

I returned last night from a two day activists seminar hosted by Peace Now. The organization is Israel's largest 'extra-parliamentary' NGO and is investing heavily in developing a young cadre of leaders for peace. The seminar , set on waterfront of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), focused on communications and leadership skills. I want to share here my experience, positive in the utmost.

Dr. Ron Pundak, head of the Peres Center for Peace and its Peace NGO Forum, opened the… Continue

Added by Eyal Raviv on December 30, 2007 at 2:58pm — 1 Comment

Jaffa Convention - Jews and Arabs in Israel

I participated yesterday in the third annual Jaffa Convention, which brings

together Jews and Arabs to discuss in a call to action: bringing

equality and justice to Israel's citizens. The event took place at the

Arab-Jewish Community center in Jaffa, a short stroll for me. I

basically rolled out of bed, walked along the ocean, and got there.

Among the dignitaries present at the convention: MK (Member of Knesset) Rabbi Michael Melchior, MK Isaac Hezog -… Continue

Added by Eyal Raviv on December 28, 2007 at 8:56am — No Comments

Happy Birthday mepeace community

The idea for our community was born exactly one year ago. How? I wanted

a community for peace activists so I invited my friends from varied

organizations to meet. We met over coffee in Tel Aviv, on the 24th of

December, 2006.

I typed a one page summary (email me to see it). The mission statement: “Create a community for activists to convene,

network and inspire each other regularly”. My friends decided this

would not work.

So I took the idea for our… Continue

Added by Eyal Raviv on December 24, 2007 at 6:54pm — 1 Comment

Who we are!

I like the title "Who we are" because we contribute to peace by being who we are. We are a contribution to Middle East peace. So who are we?

We are 331 peacemakers. After Israel, the US and Palestine, we are visited most frequently (in order) in: the United Kingdom, Australia,

Canada, Holland, Turkey, Spain, Germany, Jordan, Russia, Belgium,

Sweden, India, Costa Rica, Italy and France. People have tuned into us in more than 80 countries.

In the future I will share… Continue

Added by Eyal Raviv on December 18, 2007 at 11:39pm — No Comments

100 discussion forums... and counting!

Good news: We have recently reached 100 discussions!
Our discussion threads, which you can find in our forum, range in topic
from tolerance and co-existence in Israel to suggestions for peace
action.

I encourage you to contribute to discussions and start your own! There is so much to discuss about Middle East peace, isn't there?. Add your voice!

Added by Eyal Raviv on December 18, 2007 at 10:48pm — No Comments

Recap of mepeace tour in America

This week I returned to Israel from America, where I promoted mepeace.org in New York, Texas, Washington and Annapolis. I want to share the details here.

In New York, I met with the World Jewish Congress, where they appreciate

our community on the web. I met also with Hashomer Hatzair, Habonim

Dror and UPZ (visit their groups on our site to learn about them). We

discussed ways for growing in the United States.

I… Continue

Added by Eyal Raviv on December 6, 2007 at 10:35pm — No Comments