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What is *Reality*? – Welcome to the Sulha
In the context of major global conflicts, where everyone is analyzing what is right or wrong, black or white, left or right, it has occured to me that the definition of reality...
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BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS – Bereaved Palestinian and Former Israeli Settler...
Kobi Skolnick is a former Israeli settler and soldier, who decided to become a peacebuilding practitioner and study peace psychology after a life-changing moment during his tour of...
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A Palestinian Remembers the Holocaust
A few days ago, the world commemorated Holocaust Day with memorials, moments of silence, and time taken to remember the lives of loved ones lost. For years this day has been a...
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BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: “Nakba-Independence Day Event”
by Scott Cooper During a recent speech to the US State Department, US Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell said that “people create conflict and people can end conflict. I’ve...
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An Israeli and Palestinian Open Letter to Netanyahu and Obama
Many voices were clamoring to be heard this past week as President Barak Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington to discuss the future of Israel and...
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Peace Steps Podcast- Marc Gopin and Aziz Abu Sarah
In the evolving world of social media, we have started a weekly podcast exploring positive paths to change. In our first podcast, we talk about our diverse backgrounds and recent advances in...
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New England Paper Highlights Aziz Sarah’s Work as a Peacemaker
By Mallory Huggins A few weeks ago, The Jewish Voice & Herald (which serves New England and Southeastern Massachusetts) spolighted our own Aziz Abu Sarah’s work as an activist...
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“Merchant of Death” and “Flash Back” by Steven Barbar
Below are two extraordinary stories. One is an excerpt from an inside look at how and why extremists still filter into Iraq from Syria. It is hardly the tale that neoconservatives...
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Recent Book Talk in Toronto
I had a wonderful experience recently in Toronto. This is a photo of my book talk at Indigo Books, where I spoke on my recently published To Make the Earth Whole: the Art of Citizen Diplomacy. I had...
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Islam’s new kartinis
“None but a noble man treats women in an honorable manner. And none but an ignoble treats women disgracefully.” - The Prophet Muhammad (At-Tirmithy) Last year, I was approached by...
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“Don’t Kill Freddy”: A Narrative Approach to Peacemaking
That is what my daughter Lexi wrote on an elaborate sign, beautifully painted, that greeted me one Sunday morning. I could not imagine who Freddy was. Hours earlier, with the family...
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