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Making History: Israeli - Palestinian Grassroots Negotiations - Public Congress in Ramallah & Jerusalem January 9-10, 2014 January, 2014 Making History Israeli - Palestinian Public Negotiating Congress in Ramallah & Jerusalem January 9-10, 2014 The Israeli and Palestinian leaderships apparently do not have a working strategy to cope with their conflict. So, the time has come for the two peoples to take matters into their own hands! On January 9-10, 2014 an Israeli delegation, a Palestinian delegation and an audience will engage in grassroots negotiations and hold talks on solutions to the conflict. The Congress will have a historic first being held in Ramallah and Jerusalem. Obviously, members of both delegation would have no official authorization and any agreement reached would not be binding. What they would have in abundance is the willingness to talk and tackle all aspects of the conflict - even the most difficult, sensitive and painful - and strive to the best of their ability to reach an acceptable solution. In this way, they could serve as an example and an impetus to the leaderships and the official negotiators. Each delegation will include 15 people from all walks of life: ex-Israeli generals and senior officers, Palestinian commanders, Israeli settlers, Palestinian ex-prisoners, academics, business people, and many others. The congress is co-chaired by Dr. Sapir Handelman – an Israeli who received the Peter Becker Award in Peace & Conflict Studies; and Mr. Ibrahim Enbawi – a prominent Palestinian leader in East Jerusalem. The chairpersons will have five sessions to lead the public assembly to reach peace agreements. This historical event is an important step towards the establishment of a major Israeli-Palestinian Public Negotiating Congress with political power. The congress is designed to involve the people in the peacemaking efforts and motivate the leaderships to conclude agreements. 09:30 Opening Session 10:00-12:00 First Session 13:00-15:00 Second Session 16:00-18:00 Third Session --------------------------------------------------- Friday, January 10th, 2014 Ambassador Hotel, East Jerusalem 10:00-12:00 Fouth Session 13:00-15:00 Fifth Session --------------------------------------------------- The Minds of Peace Organization has successfully led 23 small-scale Israeli-Palestinian public negotiating congresses around the US and Canada, in the Middle-East, and lately in open public places in Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem. In nearly all of the congresses, the delegations succeeded in reaching peace agreements. This is a remarkable result, considering that the various delegations included people with widely different political views and from all walks of life. To view the agreements and videos visit: www.mindsofpeace.org and facebook: ‘minds of peace’ Israeli - Palestinian Public Negotiating Congress, Hamashbir Plaza, Jerusalem, August 22-23, 2013 www.lotan.org.il www.purecomm.org.il Tamar Weisser, director of PR, Lotan Communications Tel: 972-3-5667474; Fax: 972-3-5667030; tamar@lotan.org.il Sari Cicurel, Sari m productions, U.S.A., 248-766-0945, sari.cicurel@gmail.com |
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