BEYOND BULLETS & BOMBS:
Grassroots Peacebuilding
between Israelis and Palestinians
(2007 book)
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
BEYOND
BULLETS & BOMBS is the new, definitive, most
comprehensive-yet book to describe diverse initiatives and people in the citizen-to-citizen
It is a rich resource for on-the-ground,
relationship-building activists as well as students and educators.
This August 30, 2007 publishing treasure is rich in
graphics, tables, extensive contemporary references, quotes, and inspiration.
Above all, while based in real, successful lives of
Jews, Palestinians and dedicated others, it insists on fastening into
literature and academia the living principles that succeed in everyday life on
Earth.
BEYOND
BULLETS & BOMBS: Grassroots Peacebuilding between
Israelis and Palestinians
Edited by Judy Kuriansky
Praeger
Publishers - August 30, 2007 -- 408 pages
Order at:
http://amazon.com/Beyond-Bullets-Bombs-Peacebuilding-Palestinians/dp/0275998800
There
remains ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, civil war, and political discord.
In its
midst, courageous civilians from both sides are working together build new
human connections and understanding of the "other" that lead to
creativity.
Israeli
Jews and Arabs, and Palestinian Muslims and Christians, young and old, men and
women, are cooperating in grassroots people-to-people projects.
Face-to-face, shoulder-to-shoulder they are developing educational programs and
creating activities to bridge their differences.
BEYOND
BULLETS & BOMBS showcases impressive and important projects that deserve
more support and world attention, and without which governments alone cannot
succeed.
In 40
captivating chapters, experts tell intriguing personal stories interwoven with
psycho-social models and successful organizing principles -- inspiring and
instructing how people living in hostile cultures can establish sustainable
peace.
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OTHER NEWS from
=== 1 ===
LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS (
http://languageconnections.org/
LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS is one of the book's
examples of Internet relationships.
In a closed online community, youth in
This project utilizes two key social technologies
dominated by youth these days: (1) user-created multimedia and (2) social networking.
The youth tell their personal stories in words and
photos, and communicate in English through a
"intranet" blog site.
These stories let teens express themselves, and more
importantly network with peer members from the "other" side.
This Fall, 2007, LANGUAGE
CONNECTIONS will be expanded with the help of BARNRAISER.
In
Why "Barnraiser"?
When an Amish family needs a new barn their community
gathers to build the whole structure in a single day.
This tradition is called barn raising.
In building a barn together in a day the cooperating
community achieves something that no single person or family can do.
People at BARNRAISER share that spirit as they help
build a better society.
BARNRAISER has announced that their next social
project will be in Fall 2007 with LANGUAGE
CONNECTIONS.
Bridging East and West:
Online
dialogue between Israeli-Jewish and Palestinian Teens
http://barnraiser.org/index.php?ws=1&wp=4&wikipage_name=OrgSocProjLearnConnect
=== 2 ===
SULHA (
http://appricom.com/sulha/
This summer is now the season of the
annual SULHA where thousands of Arabs and Jews -- everyone who wishes -- come
together to make personal contact.
In a nature-setting in
SEE the video of the SULHA activity at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PFgMH1TX1SY
=== 3 ===
MIDDLE EAST PEACE CAMP FOR
CHILDREN (USA)
http://middleeastpeacecamp.org/
There are now a dozen camp-like
programs in North America for the Middle East public peace project.
Published in the
Peace camp stresses unity in diversity
'If we
are to have real peace, we must begin with the children'
by Brad
Wong
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/328186_peacecamp18.html
"Out beyond rightdoing and wrongdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there."