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25 random things about me

This is something that we 'imported' from facebook.

1. Write a "25 random things about me" and post it as a blog.

2. Share it with ALL your friends on iPeace (share button on bottom left >> More Options>>Share with friends)

3. We get to know each other better

We are almost 17000 and we come from 180 different countries and cultures. This can be exciting.

here's mine:

1. I used to have… Continue

Added by David Califa on February 15, 2009 at 9:26pm — 60 Comments

Happy True Love Day!

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

It's Valentines Day! How about we transform a Hallmark occasion into an opportunity to celebrate True Love. The kind of love those icons on the ipeace poster are talking about - Gandhi, The Dalai Lama, John Lennon, Martin Luther King Jr. They knew a thing or two about what true love really… Continue

Added by Velcrow Ripper on February 15, 2009 at 12:30am — 36 Comments

The Tree of iPeace

I came to iPeace

I came after doing a search for it in the ning network.

I was almost willing to start it if it did not already exist, feeling almost pressured to do so.

It was not meant for me to be the one to do this, and I know that so I was very relieved when I found someone else had done so.

Here is part of the wisdom of that.

I am defending iPeace, and if I had started it, it would look different, as though I was protecting my own interests rather than the… Continue

Added by Tree Thunderchild on February 12, 2009 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Dalry's Story Part1 Biographical background....working with explosions Part 2..Witness to Suicide Bombing Part 3.. Time in Nablus and Jenin during Intafada Part 4 ...Back to the Source of explosives w

I’m a 5th generation Australian grandmother….responding in relation to TAKING SIDES……maybe what I experienced for myself of both sides.... Israelis and Palestinians..... can shed some light on this…..

Over a period of years I have given everything away and reduced my belongings to a small suitcase. My sole income is the Australian age pension. No insurance or back up. Trust in myself and the universe. Left Australia in March 1999. Travelled 10 countries alone. Met many many wonderful… Continue

Added by Dalry Mary Jones on February 12, 2009 at 9:53am — 8 Comments

Is this we want our children to inherit?

Its been quiet some time I have been off the blog for my recovery process. Slowly and gradually I am getting back to my normal life. I had a wonderful holiday to Kolkatta few days back an it was relaxing and fun.

The world I believe is going through one of its most challenging times with economy and distress. There is so much of tension and mistrust all across the globe. Every day as we read newspapers and watch television - we see so much of innocent lives being lost to unwanted… Continue

Added by Sandeep on February 11, 2009 at 7:23pm — 2 Comments

Gaza Development Authority

This text was written in June 2008 at the time of the first Israel-Hamas Cease-fire and thus prior to the present conflict. It needs to be updated, but the aspect concerning a Gaza Development Authority or Corporation still holds. At a time when the election of B. Omama and the financial crisis recalls the New Deal, it is useful to recall the TVA, one of the most successful of the New Deal measures.

Israeli-Hamas Truce : Bold Steps for Gaza

Rene Wadlow

The truce… Continue

Added by Rene Wadlow on February 8, 2009 at 12:05pm — No Comments

Waltz with Bashir

Seeing Ari Folman's prize-winning film, 'Waltz with Bashir,' is having an unexpected therapeutic effect, not only on soldiers who served in the first Lebanon war - the film's subject - but also on those who fought on the Egyptian front, in the intifada, or in the Second Lebanon War.

Kobi Ben-Simhon - Haaretz

This is a long post, but interesting and worth reading. What triggered it is a discussion posted a… Continue

Added by David Califa on February 6, 2009 at 4:28pm — 3 Comments

IF ONE DOESN'T TAKE A STAND, CHOSE A SIDE, DOES ONE SEEM UNCARING?

It's hard to take a stand sometimes. To say "I believe in THIS". I DON'T believe in THAT". It means sticking up for something, and having the facts to back it up and not being afraid of criticism. It means you believe in yourself enough to not lose sleepless nights if one or many turn against you saying, "What you believe is totally wrong."

If you don't chose sides, does that mean that your opinion isn't worth much or that you see both sides as possibilities?

I… Continue

Added by Stephanie on February 5, 2009 at 8:30pm — 16 Comments

Bereaved father chooses the path of light. Which path shall we choose?

Slightly over 2 weeks ago I posted a blog titled: I cry with you Abu al-Aish , about a special moment in the Gaza war when Palestinian civilian suffering drove home to every Israeli living room.

Today, the IDF published the results of its inquiry into the incident. The IDF admitted that 3 of Dr. Abu al-Aish daughters were killed by 2 tank shells that… Continue

Added by David Califa on February 5, 2009 at 7:31am — 23 Comments

KIVA - PERSON - TO - PERSON MICRO LENDING

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. It allows you to lend as little as $25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur in the developing world. You choose who to lend to - whether a baker in Afghanistan, a goat herder in Uganda, a farmer in Peru, a restaurateur in Cambodia, or a tailor in Iraq - and as they repay their loan, you get your money back.… Continue

Added by Antonia on February 4, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

What would love do?

"O Love, O pure deep Love, be here, be now,

Be all – worlds dissolve into your

stainless endless radiance,

Frail living leaves burn with your brighter

than cold stares –

Make me your servant, your breath, your core." - Rumi

What would love do?

Ever asked yourself that question?

See how your day is transformed when you flash yourself awake, before you act.

The next time the phone rings, take a breath,… Continue

Added by Velcrow Ripper on February 4, 2009 at 5:27am — 35 Comments

ABOUT WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE AND NON VIOLENCE

The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the “International Day of Non-Violence” by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010. The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia. The stages will be the longest American and… Continue

Added by Cris on February 3, 2009 at 4:35pm — No Comments

Combatants for peace - a moving documentary

Combatants for Peace is a group of Israeli and Palestinian individuals who were actively involved in the cycle of violence in the region.

The Israelis served as combat soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinians were involved in acts of violence in the name of Palestinian liberation.

They all used weapons against one another, and looked at each other only through weapon sights; however today they cooperate and commit themselves to…

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Added by Andrew Sampson on February 1, 2009 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

Ex IRA Leader turned Politician Jerry Adams, talks about George Mitchells visit to the Middle East

Jerry Adams

Courtesy of the Guardian

George Mitchell and the Middle East

The senator will need all the skill and patience he brought to the Northern Irish peace process. But Hamas must be at the table

In the crowds of Washington's Union Station last week, I bumped into George Mitchell. We were both in the… Continue

Added by Andrew Sampson on February 1, 2009 at 10:30pm — 10 Comments

Our mind as a Drug - המח שלנו כסם

Our Mind as a Drug

We want to feel the world,

If it's Happiness, Joy, Love and Peace,

And if it's Fear, Anger, Hatred and Jealousy.

Our nature is to feel what is happening,

Our nature is to be in the emotion when it arises.

The amount of energy which arises is infinite

And yet…

We learn from an early age to suppress certain emotions,

We learn from an early age to suppress the emotions

Which our society declares and… Continue

Added by Uriel on February 1, 2009 at 7:44pm — 3 Comments

The War For Peace.

By Bobbi Miller-Moro

Although I am a warrior woman, with extraordinary skills and the ability to carry out bodily functions that I never knew possible, endure physical and laborious pain beyond any human understanding…My Spirit is Peace.

Although I live in a volatile planet, there are so many beautiful serene places, and spots-so peaceful and quiet. With just the wind and the rock and the sun to greet you. These places do exist.

But I ask; Is it… Continue

Added by Bobbi Miller-Moro on February 1, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

This Precious Human LIfe

This morning my beloved uncle Bob died of cancer. He passed away gently, in his sleep. Yet another casualty of the cancer epidemic that is sweeping this planet. He contracted cancer from exposure to asbestos at a pulp mill he worked in.

My brother Randy also died of cancer, just a few years ago. Too many of us, far too many of us have been touched by cancers cruel fingers. Although it is often difficult to prove, I believe that the huge spike in cancer we… Continue

Added by Velcrow Ripper on January 31, 2009 at 5:30am — 4 Comments

gaza

I feel the time has come to speak out. A few years ago my cousin's daughter wrote a book about cousins of ours who lived and hid in italy throughout the war. Reflecting on all that had happened and its impact, the elderly mother of the family said that one thing we had lost was our sense of morality, some kind of capacity to speak out when things are not fair, to admit wrongs-especially our own- and to work to change them. That no matter what has happened to us some moral capacity must be part… Continue

Added by clair lalor on January 29, 2009 at 11:55pm — 3 Comments

Why am I here? From violence to peace.

Why am I here?

Peace is important to us all.

We all want peace.

But at the same time it is also such an abstract concept.

I am an activist who likes to see things happen.

I don't mean, manning the barricades, done that - been there.

I went through many years wanting to burn and kill and shoot

No it is time for us all to stop talking and awaken ourselves.

To look at very action every word and see what we, in ourselves, are… Continue

Added by Andrew Sampson on January 27, 2009 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments

how deep are you willing to go? how much do you really care? the sad balancing act

Dearest friends,

Here i am again.

The war is over (for now), the bombs have stopped for the moment.

I am feeling sad, my heart is heavy, i juggle desperation and tentative hope.

I spend many sleepless nights in front of the computer screen looking for answers, for information, for knowledge.

Sometimes i read things that open my eyes.

I read an interview with doctors from Gaza who spoke to Italian journalists and claim the death toll is… Continue

Added by Achinoam Nini/Noa on January 27, 2009 at 4:14pm — 5 Comments