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Posts Tagged ‘Dialogue groups’

Samah Sabawi – Peace Talks

By Guest Post • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: Features, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Music, Poetry, Events, Newswire, Palestine

Let's talk
Let's negotiate
Let's have a conference, a summit, a debate
A multifaith dialogue to eliminate hate
They'll call us men of peace
And after our love fest
We can issue a joint release
Of how we talk
Let's talk
But not about ethnic cleansing
Forget Dier Yassin
Don't speak of apartheid
Or the destruction of Jennin
Be blind to the pain in Gaza
The hunger, the disease
The [...]

Faris Giacaman – Can we talk? The Middle East "peace industry"

By Guest Post • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Culture and Heritage, Education, Ideas and Projects, Interviews, Israel, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

Upon finding out that I am Palestinian, many people I meet at college in the United States are eager to inform me of various activities that they have participated in that promote "coexistence" and "dialogue" between both sides of the "conflict," no doubt expecting me to give a nod of approval. However, these efforts are [...]