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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

For over four weeks, we believed our friend Vivian was living an unimaginable nightmare as a hostage in Gaza. But at least, we believed, she was alive. Today, we learned that her nightmare began and ended on October 7th. It took until now to identify her remains. Every...

John Lyndon

@JohnLyndon_

8 months

My friend Vivian Silver, who helped make ALLMEP a reality & founded members @AJEECNISPED & @WomenWagePeace is dead, murdered by Hamas. This is pic of Vivian with me & ALLMEP board, 5yrs ago last week. Overlooking a Gaza she wanted to be free, & at peace. Rest in power, Vivian 💔

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Avi Meyerstein

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2 years

@MattersCalgary @SashaIngber @anneapplebaum Unbelievable guts. Rewriting the definition of 21st century patriotism.

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Avi Meyerstein

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8 months

should inspire all of us to support and stand behind the peacebuilders who will follow in her footsteps. May her memory forever be a blessing. We will always remember and honor you, Vivian.💔

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8 months

innocent life taken on October 7th and in the weeks since is an entire world. And when it's your friend of many years, it's your world. There was no one like Vivian. She was small in stature, but serious in nature. She meant business, and her business was peace. I am still...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

of other Israeli volunteers drove Palestinians from Gaza to Israeli hospitals. Or when she pioneered worked to advance Arab-Jewish equality and women's empowerment. Her lifetime of work is a legacy to all of us. I don't think she would ever accept being a victim. She...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

Sadly, in our perverse world, the story of her work did not get much attention in her life. Somehow, it wasn't newsworthy when she "only" helped organize tens of thousands of Israeli & Palestinian women to march for peace. She got little notice when she and thousands...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

"many who have never lived through war" may misconstrue peace as "naive or facile, but for activists... on the ground, it is all about the fierce, Sisyphean, constant labor... not popular or easy to keep fighting for peace in a land of constant conflict."

Remembering Jewish Peace Activist Vivian Silver – Kveller

After 38 days of the most tenuous but persistent hope, Vivian Silver’s family got the news that they would not be reunited with their loved one. The tenacious Canadian-Israeli peace activist was not...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

struggling to digest this news, but I know that Vivian's death will not be in vain. In these last four weeks, millions of people all around the world learned for the first time about her story of tireless, courageous work to build peace between Israelis and Palestinians...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

believed in agency, in the power of each individual to take responsibility for creating a better future against all odds and so much doubt. Her example...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

7 months

Amazing to see claims that the 2-state solution failed. In fact, it was never implemented. An extreme minority on both sides relentlessly killed it. 2 states, side-by-side, didn't exist for even a day. 1000s died, not from peace but from decades of spoilers undoing peace.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

9 months

W/Vivian likely in captivity, 🙏for media telling her story. And also, just imagine that she received even a sliver of this coverage when she's "just" mobilizing 10k's of Israeli & Palestinian women for peace. I dare say the world might be different.

Revered peace activist is missing after sending harrowing text message during Hamas assault

Vivian Silver, 74, has spent her life dedicated to improving the plight of Palestinians, performing such acts as driving cancer-stricken Gaza residents to Jerusalem for treatment.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Anyone claiming responsible authority in #Israel / #Palestine must ask/answer: How are you de-escalating? How are you avoiding last May's failures? How will your actions/words deny the fire oxygen rather than add fuel? Too many already killed/injured. This does not have to repeat.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Why did @allmep take out a full-page ad in the @nytimes today? Two major reasons. (1) A group of Jewish and Palestinian American supporters were tired of attack ads driving wedges b/w the diasporas. We in the US can be part of the solution. We live here in relative, peace... /1

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

13+ million Israelis & Palestinians are NOT desecrating holy sites, throwing stones or firebombs, marching to incite & provoke, launching rockets, or beating or shooting people. Just takes few 1000 to fan the flames. So much is possible if the rest unite & #CoResistTheViolence .

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

@Yair_Rosenberg Yet one more reason not to throw cinder blocks at people.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

A joint Israeli-Palestinian airport proposed by @EsawiFr . Ideas like this could be gamechangers in people's lives and contribute to new, positive dynamics.

Minister promotes first Israeli-Palestinian airport

After Jerusalem municipality decided to promote construction on lands located over West Bank boundary, Regional Cooperation Minister Frej offers to reopen defunct airport at the site and build a...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Last week's annual violence was brought to you by... the status quo, reminding us the conflict is not managed or irrelevant. Any "quiet" bought had a high human price. As usual, the morning-after question should be: What will we do during the quiet to interrupt this mad cycle?

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

9 months

Mounting anger at Ben-Gvir. 5 days in, and he's the first one gov sends to comfort the south, where he argues with locals who just survived unspeakable horror. And raises the specter of the kind of internal sectarian violence of May 2021. And ("we're all Jews") forgets that... /1

🟣 🎗 Eran Nissan ערן ניסן

@eran_nissan

9 months

איזה אפס בן-גביר! ב-45 שניות הוא מדגים את עומק המחדל של נתניהו שמינה אותו לשר הוא מתחיל בלהסית נגד התקשורת ("די עם הפייק ניוז"), ממשיך בלהתעלם מעשרות הרוגים, פצועים וחטופים בדואים ודרוזים ("כולנו יהודים"), ומסיים בלתקוף אזרח שמעביר עליו ביקורת ("הביאו אותך לכאן בכוונה") תתפטר!

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

I wish the 10,000s of Israeli & Palestinian peacebuilders would get one spoonful the attention as the great ice cream war.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

If you think this moment is about Arabs vs Jews, this video will help you recalibrate. It is an incredibly powerful piece of the story from the last few weeks that has not yet been told. More content ideas, @cnn and @amanpour .

האם ראית את האופק לאחרונה?

@Horizon_lately

8 months

Out of the horrible darkness of the #Oct7 massacre, there are shreds of light in the form of heroic stories of rescue and humanity. Watch this inspiring story that was just now revealed.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

More Israelis and Palestinians - even in Gaza - learning other's language. Starts for practical reasons but goes much farther. In past, those who did often became key leaders in bridging divides. "Foreignness" & fear go⬇️. Understanding & engagement go ⬆️.

Demand for Hebrew lessons jumps in Gaza as Israel eases work restrictions

In a brightly lit classroom in Gaza, a teacher spells out Hebrew words on a whiteboard, followed attentively by Maher Al-Farra and dozens of other Palestinians hoping to take advantage of an opening...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

And people on either side selling the idea that the other will simply disappear or give up and leave only extends he delusion and prolongs the conflict - a great disservice to the 13 million humans stuck in this thing.

Gershom Gorenberg 🟣

@GershomG

3 years

Not to mention that about half of Israeli Jews have roots in Syria Iraq Yemen Tunisia Egypt Morocco Libya Lebanon Iran etc.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

People often ask if there are any ongoing partnerships between Israelis and Gazans. Here's one example w/ @AravaInstitute , @Watergen_Inc , and local Gaza communities to bring solar-powered clean water generation... @ALLMEP

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Whenever diplomats visit Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders, it gives a much-needed boost, credibility, & spotlight on their inspiring work. Last week @allmep 's conference, then @forbes , & now @Hand_in_Hand , @USAmbIsrael is on a roll. Thank you!

Ambassador Jack Lew

@USAmbIsrael

2 years

Loved going to Hand in Hand school, a spectacular place in Jerusalem where Palestinians and Israelis learn together and grow together. I am proud that the U.S. government supports this!! @USAIDWBG

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

7 months

W/so many "tough" cowards in politics, amazing💪from this 85 yo grandmother, a LT peace activist who drove Palestinians to hospitals. She stood captive in a Hamas tunnel, face-to-face w/Hamas' chief & called him to task. Who has guts & resilience like this? Peacebuilders.

Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي

@NTarnopolsky

7 months

💥Veteran peace activist Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, whose husband Oded remains captive, told @dsfnation Hamas leader "Yahye Sinwar was with us the 1st 3-4 days. I asked if he wasn't ashamed to do such a thing to people who supported peace for years? He didn't answer. He fell silent."

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Heard a fascinating & important moment yesterday on @GLZRadio . Host Efi Ben Avraham was interviewing Israeli Mayor of Sderot Alon Davidi when he brought on the other line Gazan journalist Sami Abed. A remarkable convo followed. Of course, they had diff't ideas about /1

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Rana Salman, @cfpeace : "We know that we're not going anywhere; Israelis are not going anywhere. We just need to find a way to live together in peace. And the sooner the better..." Another great profile by @Allison2Names in @ForbesWomen . @ALLMEP

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

"How two mothers, united in loss, hope to bring peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" - @ALLMEP featured on ...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

4 years

Watching a congressional vote was never so much fun as to know that each "yea" brings us closer to a game-changer Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding fund. @ALLMEP

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

The US committed $250 million in #MEPPA . Now, other countries want to join if asked. The G7 is an ideal moment to set this motion. The result could be a $200m/year Int'l Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace to tackle the generational struggle for peace.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

Thank you, @JustinTrudeau for this tribute & leadership. Sadly, peacebuilders rarely see such support from world leaders. If we elevate their work in life and not just death, it would be a game-changer.

‘She will be deeply missed’: Trudeau responds to death of Canadian-...

Watch ‘She will be deeply missed’: Trudeau responds to death of Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

6 months

@gershonbaskin here echoes growing voices in Israel, incl Eisenkot reportedly telling the cabinet "we have to stop lying to ourselves, to show courage, and to lead to a large deal which will bring home the hostages" "One hundred days and hard decisions"

One hundred days and hard decisions

All of the Palestinian prisoners in Israel for all of the hostages. Will our leaders be willing to pay that awful price?

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Whenever the diplomats try peacemaking again, the options on the table will depend heavily on what peacebuilding we do now. And we're doing it. On my way now to @ALLMEP 's 1st of 4 scaling up workshops. Dozens of NGOs coming to develop big ideas & partners for #MEPPA projects.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

side-by-side. We can be a bridge in this conflict rather than importing the conflict to the U.S. (2) In wake of last month's violence, we need to unite lots of voices to seize a huge opportunity at the #G7Summit next week... /2

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

And the hearing begins! In 18 yrs of connecting Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilders w/policymakers, this is the 1st time I remember a thoughtful hearing dedicated to their work! Shows cont'd & accelerated leadership by @HouseForeign and @TedDeutch since /1

People to People: Examining Grassroots Peacebuilding Efforts Between...

Location: Virtually via Cisco WebExSubcommittee: Middle East, North Africa and Global CounterterrorismWitnesses:Ms. Lucy Kurtzer-EllenbogenDirectorIsraeli-Pa...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

As @GershomG explains, climate change is both shared problem for Israelis & Palestinians and allows/requires shared problem-solving. Nature knows no borders. Indeed, @ALLMEP members like @AravaInstitute and @EcoPeaceME are leading the charge w/innovative partnerships & proposals.

Washington Post Opinions

@PostOpinions

3 years

Both Israelis and Palestinians should be devoting much of our attention to whether any of us will be able to live here in 2048, @GershomG writes

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

7 months

Another❗️clip from @Horizon_lately . Hear the words of Samer Tlalka's parents - a Palestinian citizen of Israel kidnapped by Hamas. They & Jewish hostage families are united in grief, pain, support & advocacy. Another mother said to them: "We are all in this together."

האם ראית את האופק לאחרונה?

@Horizon_lately

7 months

Partners in Fate. Within the long list of Israelis kidnapped in Gaza, there are also the names of Arab citizens of Israel. Samer Tlalka, 25 years old from Hura, was abducted by #Hamas terrorists on the #Oct7Massacre . His parents are searching for answers, looking for a glimpse

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

7 months

The Israeli & Palestinian publics are both going through their biggest, most traumatic event in 75+ years, but each is seeing an entirely different event, not just in actual experience but in siloed media. Confronting that massive gap will be a massive "day after" job.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

9 months

You cannot actually consume 24 hours a day of man's inhumanity to man. When you are able to take a break, I have found that this work of the amazing young Israelis and Palestinians in the @jerusalemchorus helps me breathe again.

“Don’t Give Up On Me” - Andy Grammer, feat. the Palestinian-Israeli...

“Don’t Give Up On Me”Arranged by Micah Hendler, Jerusalem Youth Chorus Founder and Artistic Director ([email protected]) The Jerusalem Youth Cho...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Landed in Belfast! For 18 yrs, @FundforIreland 's key role in peacebldg has inspired us @ALLMEP . Now, I'm grateful for IFI's hospitality & @FulbrightPrgrm support to come & learn from their experience esp now... w/ int'l support ⬆️ for a similar game-changer in the Middle East.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

This 2min video clip will launch your weekend right: 3rd graders building a diff't future at @Hand_in_Hand ( @ALLMEP member). There are 1.8m kids in Israel's Jewish school system. 553k in the Arab school system. 1.1m in West Bank/Gaza. Imagine if... /1

Discover Hand in Hand's Beit Berl School - Hand in Hand

Get to know the Jewish and Arab students of the Beit Berl "Aleph Bet" school, one Hand in Hand's fastest growing schools.

www.handinhandk12.org

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

After several days w/100s of peacebuilders + closeups on some very tough realities, one observation: The caliber of so many of the veteran & emerging Israeli & Palestinian leaders is stunning. Yes, the problems are tough. But it's clear the problem-solvers are tougher! @allmep

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Remarkable that apparently the media-political complex: (1) So surprised about depths of hatred b/w Jews & Arabs. (2) Thought coexistence was complete. (3) Totally unaware of 150 orgs ( @allmep ) fighting this tide & building community in J-lem, Jaffa, Lod, Haifa,

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

At #G7 , a simple joint statement committing to create an #IntFundForPeace could launch a new direction for #Israel - #Palestine . That's how the 30-year @FundforIreland began: with a vague joint statement in the Anglo-Irish Agreement... /1 @ALLMEP

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Today's full page ad in The New York Times by Alliance for Middle East Peace - ALLMEP! Sign our letter in support of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace!

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Interesting: Fans & critics alike got the import of an intimate setting for the @gantzbe -Abbas mtg. Gantz opened his home, Abbas traveled to Israel, & they sat like 2 humans/partners. Counters deligit, separation, & otherism that critics promote. A msg to both publics. Need more.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Congrats to @EcoPeaceME and @USAID on this important initiative to help the shared environment through Israeli-Palestinian grassroots cooperation!

ALLMEP

@ALLMEP

2 years

Congrats to our member @EcoPeaceME on receiving one of very first #MEPPA grants! This $3.3m award will allow EcoPeace to address water security in Israel, the West Bank & Gaza, helping to harness environmental interdependence as tool for Israeli/Palestinian conflict resolution

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

that'll happen. For those who must blame, there's plenty to go around (as usual). For those more interested in a brighter future, isn't it better to amplify and circulate the actions of the peacebuilders w/in @allmep as they #CoResistTheViolence ?

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Will #G7 leaders issue a short statement committing to pursue an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Here's the latest push - thank you @DMiliband ! #IntFundForPeace @ALLMEP

David Miliband

@DMiliband

3 years

Hope the #G7 can make this happen. The International Fund for Ireland provides an important model. When governments are stuck, citizens need to come together.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

After such a long road w/ @ALLMEP to get here, kinda amazing to see @USAIDWBG kick off #MEPPA w/stakeholder call. My #1 takeaway: If you've got big, creative ideas for Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding, submit them! Lots of opportunity to shape future course of this LT effort.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Very difficult to watch the videos coming out of #israel / #palestine in the last weeks & days. I'm torn about recirculating. Much as I'd love Israelis & Palestinians to see each other's street-level realities, I'm not sure social media's echo chambers are where... /

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Thank you @Canada for this leadership! 🇨🇦 A great opportunity for more international partners to join and institutionalize a sustainable effort to create the conditions for peace.

ALLMEP

@ALLMEP

3 years

On behalf of I/P peacebuilding community: a huge thank you for this vital support, inc $5m funding for peacebuilding & civil society- the largest amount @Canada has *ever* allocated. Thank you @JustinTrudeau @MarcGarneau @karinagould & MPs like @YaaraSaks for your leadership 🙏

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

New poll reminds of challenge & opportunity. 49% of Jews & 43% of Arabs in Israel pessimistic on relations in mixed cities. Violence soured many. BUT 77% of Arabs & 72% of Jews think P2P engagement will reduce tensions & many are willing. @ALLMEP

משאל חושף: כמה ישראלים מאמינים כי ערבים ויהודים יוכלו לחיות יחד?

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www.maariv.co.il

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Full page ad in @nytimes calling for Jewish and Palestinian Americans to join together and help those we care about in the Middle East do the same. Diaspora communities are either helping or hurting. There are no sidelines.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

With political instability, an old conflict, and recent frayed relations, choosing to depend on your neighbor for electricity or water can be scary. Unless you make it a mutual partnership. Then you can... /1

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Great piece by @Bsamuels0 on the US side of #MEPPA . And there's more. Other countries want to be partners. Total funds could reach true scale of the conflict. Additional opportunities for @POTUS and @SecBlinken to discuss with allies at #G7Summit in coming days.

ALLMEP

@ALLMEP

3 years

Great piece on “unprecedented tool” of @NitaLowey Fund, inc insights from @timkaine @ChrisCoons @JeffFortenberry . As @PowerUSAID plans implementation in wake of awful violence & interest from US allies to partner (perhaps at @G7 ) builds, this is key moment

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Extreme voices have no trouble getting their messages out. That's why it's particularly exciting that @allmep & @lightful are bringing new tools, skills, & platforms to peacebuilding NGOs so they can spread messages that build toward something better.

Lightful

@lightful

2 years

We’re excited to kick off a #LightfulLearning cohort this week with @ALLMEP to help 45 #NGOs showcase impact through storytelling, combat misinformation online, and increase fundraising and engagement across their #digital platforms 🙌🏻 More details soon 💜

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

3 congress. delegations visited #Israel / #Palestine this week. W/limited time, it's assumed they see políticos & hard truths. So it takes leadership to look beyond & *also* engage authentic grassroots voices, esp peacebuilders struggling to build a different future. /1

JerusalemYouthChorus

@jerusalemchorus

3 years

Honored to sing with the @jstreetdotorg congressional leadership delegation yesterday in Jerusalem! Many thanks to Representatives @rosadelauro @RepBarbaraLee @repmarkpocan @RepMondaire @RepBowman and @Rep_Stansbury for lending your voices to the cause of peace and justice. 🕊

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

4 years

A huge thank you to @jasonsfolly for such a masterful job helping to tell the stories of #Israeli - #Palestinian peacebuilders at @ALLMEP #ShineALight .

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

7 months

Many innocent #Israeli & #Palestinian lives have been saved these last few days thanks to a massive, multilateral #diplomatic effort that delivered...🧵

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

9 months

20% of the people his ministry is supposed to protect are Arab/Palestinian citizens, who were also killed and kidnapped in the Hamas attack and many of whom have rallied alongside other Israelis in shared response to the crisis.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

There's a toolkit for that...

ALLMEP

@ALLMEP

2 years

For all those working to #CoResistTheViolence , see here for Arabic/Hebrew toolkit from our members @Abraham_Ints on how to maintain shared spaces of equality, tolerance & mutual respect during this period of heightened political & inter-religious tensions

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

4 years

So much of the work @ALLMEP celebrated today is grounded in the incredible on-the-ground leadership, vision, and energy of @HudaDunia . Thank you, Huda! #ShineALight

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

4 years

Watching this bill pass @HouseFloor reminds me of a lot of places and milestones (real and imagined) along the way... - Old office at Patton Boggs, drafting 1st proposal in 2005 and structure in 2009 pro bono. - In Florida on vacation in 2008, re-pitching idea to ALLMEP board.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

4 years

@JohnLyndon_ , thank you for your incredible leadership. I have also never flown first class for @ALLMEP . :)

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@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Remarkable momentum continues. 65 members across parties in @UKParliament call for using #G7Summit to discuss building on US leadership in #MEPPA to create an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

+ imp to remember that these orgs are not just "nice" but critical for stability, violence prevention, and ultimately building the shared future. Fortunately, the field is poised to scale up with recent U.S. $250m #MEPPA commitment and potential UK, EU, others joining. @ALLMEP

Ori Nir | اوري نير | אוֹרי ניר

@orinir1960

3 years

The current devastating inter-communal Jewish-Arab violence inside Israel will haunt us for a long time. But it's important to acknowledge the efforts of numerous Jews and Arabs throughout Israel to counter the violence and hatred. Here at Nahalal Junction in the north.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Even b/f #MEPPA has a chance to launch by @USAID , too many don't understand how it can work. My piece in @haaretzcom with Huda Abu Arquob raises up some facts from the ground for a reality check. Cynics welcome. @ALLMEP

Esther Solomon

@EstherSolomon

3 years

Cynical about the so-called 'peace industry? Don’t believe the clichés or the slurs. Thanks to massive new US funding, Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding programs are about to demonstrate what a difference they can make @AviMeyerstein Huda Abuarquob @ALLMEP

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

6 years

Amen, @DovWaxman ! Oslo's political concept was fine, but the process was half-empty w/ no work to build trust among peoples. In the next 25 years, there's some hope we've learned w/ current moves toward major int'l P2P fund thanks to @ALLMEP_usa 's work.

Dov Waxman

@DovWaxman

6 years

In my @latimes op-ed, I argue the Trump administration should invest in Israeli-Palestinian peace-building, not divest from the Palestinians:

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

9 months

There are heroes. There is humanity. Remember Awad Darawshe.

Remembering Awad Darawshe: A Hero's Sacrifice at the Music Festival Massacre - Blog Tài Chính EUF

In moments of chaos and tragedy, heroes often emerge from the midst of the turmoil, their selflessness and courage shining as beacons of hope. Such was the

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

1 year

So grateful to @USAmbIsrael for his public service in one of the most thankless jobs and for his steadfast efforts to amplify and support Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilders!

Ambassador Jack Lew

@USAmbIsrael

1 year

. @ALLMEP keeps the dream of peace alive, working every day for the vision of two nations living side by side in peace and prosperity - @POTUS Biden’s vision, too. A pleasure to join their conference yesterday and see my good friend George Salem. Never give up!

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

This made my week. Couldn't be a dry eye in the room. After lots of work together, 100s of Arab & Jewish kids held a stirring morning of song. Thank you @DTzantchev for speaking from the heart (in Heb, Arabic & Eng!) & for @EUinIsrael support. Was hard not to be moved by... /1

Dimiter Tzantchev

@DTzantchev

2 years

Sabah el-Shir! It was a true pleasure to mark 15 years of the "Dialogue and Identity" program, co-funded by @EUinisrael , which brings together Jewish and Arab students and teachers. What a great celebration of diversity and dialogue through the common language of music!

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

1 year

Too often, the bigger the VIP, the less they see on the ground. Bravo to @SecBlinken and @USAmbIsrael for remembering where the action is & the future lies. So glad they got to sit at one of my favorite #Jerusalem spots, FeelBeit, w/some of the region's true VIPs.

Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

1 year

Wonderful to engage with a diverse group of emerging Israeli leaders at the FeelBeit cultural center in Jerusalem. I applaud their efforts to bring people together; their leadership—and that of their colleagues—is a key element of Israel’s democracy.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

While there's sadly always a new-ish twist in the plot line (people-to-people street violence? battles on the #TempleMount / #HaramSharif ? more rockets in more places?), renewed #Israeli - #Palestinian fighting is not a surprise. Nor is the real and ever-present potential... 1/7

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@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Davidi: "I pray every day for peace... We want to live in peace... We want to live, and you need to live." Abed: "90% of the residents of Gaza want to live in quiet, love, and peace with Israelis... I'm for coexistence, love. We'll live together. There's no other solution." /3

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Among those going to #G7 , @FLOTUS may be the only one who can personally describe the power of Israeli-Palestinian grassroots #peacebuilding . How her voice can make a great difference... @ALLMEP @MichaelLaRosa46 @EAlexander46 @asjiagarner

What only Jill Biden can bring to the G7

From the blog of Avi Meyerstein at The Times of Israel

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

Important that @amanpour and @CNN are allowing people to hear these voices. There are many more voices of reason and reconciliation not breaking through the predominant sights and sounds of fear and rage. We all need this if we're ever to pull out of this nosedive.

Christiane Amanpour

@amanpour

8 months

“We can’t go on living like this. We have to find another way.” Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian parents Robi Damelin and Bassam Aramin discuss the Middle East bloodshed with me on my new show #TheAmanpourHour , @CNN Saturdays at 11aET.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

5 years

Today's a good day for getting to peace one day. Just introduced: New bipartisan, bicameral legislation to create the international fund @allmep_usa has been pushing since 2009!

Joel Braunold

@braunold

5 years

After five years of painstaking work I’m super proud that the Partnership Fund for Peace has been introduced in Congress led by Chairwomen Lowey, Congressman Fortenberry, Sen Coons, Graham, Kaine and Gardner.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

People in Israel ask how long an Int'l Fund here would have to work. When the conflict is generational, so is the resolution. IFI is 35 yrs and still going strong. Started 12 yrs b/f peace deals & been cementing the peace ever since. @allmep

The International Fund for Ireland

@FundforIreland

3 years

Some key moments from the past 35 years of our peacebuilding work

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

4 years

An important anniversary. The Agreement led to the @FundforIreland , which began building grassroots peace even while the conflict was hot. The result: Durable peace. This model is coming to the Middle East next thanks to @allmep & leaders like... /1

Paddy Harte

@PaddyHarte

4 years

Today is the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, which was a transformative moment in the relationships on and across these islands. It also set in motion the establishment of the International Fund for Ireland. @FundforIreland #peace

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

@Yair_Rosenberg + land of the Bible and fertile crescent + interests of three major world religions + if it bleeds it leads (and sadly it often bleeds) + ongoing drama w/tribalism, rebirth, David v. Goliath & other popular themes + highly engaged American Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and Christians

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@AviMeyerstein

8 months

"We have to be the bridge between the ugly reality and the future we want for our kids" An exclusive inside-look at Israel's 'Oasis of Peace', which has a waiting list of 100s of families. via @nbcnews

An exclusive inside-look at Israel's 'Oasis of Peace'

NBC News' Jay Gray gets an exclusive look inside the "Oasis of Peace," a small village located in central Israel where Israelis and Palestinians have lived side-by-side for decades. As the Israel-H...

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

The first of the $250m in US peacebuilding funds goes online today as @DFCgov announces launch of the Joint Investment for Peace Initiative! JIP is the part of #MEPPA /Lowey Act focused on economic dev't & partnerships. DFC VP @AlgeneSajery says... /1

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@AviMeyerstein

2 years

@jacobkornbluh The same Russia that just claimed the Jewish president of Ukraine was a Nazi?

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Peacebuilders Sharing Their Personal Narratives @ALLMEP

Peacebuilders Sharing Their Personal Narratives

From the blog of Ron Kronish at The Times of Israel

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

1 year

💔 over escalating violence destroying so many Israeli & Palestinian worlds. These two peoples deserve so much better. And insult to injury to watch it echo on media loops, repeatedly traumatizing millions. If only the good had half as much juice & reverb as the bad.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

11 months

These are not easy days for those trapped in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict & those around the world who care about them. Seeing this new camp take flight & get growing media coverage is a much-needed boost & reminder about what we could be building toward, long-term.

ALLMEP

@ALLMEP

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OneTeam Camp is the Bedouin-Jewish summer camp making waves in Israeli media. The camp & its coverage are challenging negative perceptions of Jewish-Bedouin interactions and profoundly impacting the broader narrative of Israeli-Palestinian relations:

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

A rich mosaic of Israeli & Palestinian profiled in @forbeswomen by @Allison2Names ... & many more such stories to tell in the @allmep network! They paint a future where their 2 peoples travel freely, learn & celebrate together, & elevate life over conflict.

Israeli And Palestinian Women: The Only Way Forward Is Together

It's been almost four months since the latest escalation between Israel and Hamas — but despite the violence ending — tensions remain. There are Israeli and Palestinian women working to improve...

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@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Host Ben Avraham wrapped up emotionally: "If only, God willing, Sami will be able to come to Alon Davidi's house, and Alon Davidi will be able to come to Sami's house... it's simply unbelievable that we're all losing from this entire situation."

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

@RepTedDeutch @ALLMEP @HouseForeign Kudos! One of the most substantive and entirely civil hearings related to this conflict and the only one I can remember focused on the grassroots, where so much of the future of this conflict gets written - for ill or for good. Thank you for this leadership!

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@AviMeyerstein

7 months

A look inside the room where #Israeli & #Palestinian young leaders - during war - confront each other, support each other, & even envision a new joint community. Imagine if 25% of 🇮🇱 & 🇵🇸 youth had this transformative opportunity. They could.

Israel-Hamas war: Lines drawn, crossed between Israelis, Palestinians

What happens once war begins and you find yourself in a community of people, of different identities, who are at war with each other?

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

1 year

Part of the long journey from conflict to peace is turning ppl away from violence to solve problems by other means. When we delegitimize non-violent action & protest, we make that journey harder (& undermine the fight against actual terrorism).

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@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Just saw this - Jul 20 webinar on how solving eco & water issues can build peace & coop. @gidonb to present @EcoPeaceME 's new rpt: A Green Blue Deal for the Middle East (w/host @PeaceNowUS ). Gidon co-leads EcoPeace and was longtime chair of @ALLMEP .

Recording - Climate Security and Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Listen to the recording of the webinar on:Climate Security and Israeli-Palestinian Peacewith Gidon Bromberg

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

8 months

Middle East war entering your workplace? How my Israeli and Palestinian friends want you to talk about them at work

How my Israeli and Palestinian friends want you to talk about them at work

From the blog of Avi Meyerstein at The Times of Israel

blogs.timesofisrael.com

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

4 years

If we're shining a light today, part of that light comes from the fire Greg has lit under everyone in just the two months he's been with @ALLMEP .

Joel Braunold

@braunold

4 years

Now two board members up Greg Rack and Maysa Baransi - I always seems to be leaving orgs as Greg joins the boards (much to my shame). Maysa is a force of nature. FORCE OF NATURE #ShineALight

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

1 year

"...אם מדובר בטרור אז מדוע צה"ל לא פעל כפי שהוא פועל נגד טרור? הרי לו הייתה קבוצה של פלסטינים פושטת על התנחלות כנקמה על פיגוע טרור יהודי, צה"ל היה פותח עליהם באש. השנייה - אם אכן מדובר בטרור, איפה היה צה"ל בכל הפעמים הקודמות שבהן ביצעו מתנחלים פעולות מהסוג הזה נגד פלסטינים?" 2\2

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

But pro tip: if it looks like your neighbor is losing, then so are you. This won't change by itself. The actors know their parts well. The rut is well-worn. It will only change with a major, intentional, sustained, & strategic intervention. Lots of people here on Twitter... 5/7

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

Maybe the courage of these Russian protesters should inspire the rest of the world to take a strong stand.

Alejandro Alvarez 🫡

@aletweetsnews

2 years

Protests are erupting in several Russian cities tonight against Putin's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, along with attempts from police to forcibly suppress them. Here's his hometown of St. Petersburg. I'll be threading videos below as I find them.

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

2 years

As the week closes, I'm remembering Monday, when I spent the day w/my family in Jerusalem's Old City. 1000s peacefully & festively walked the ancient streets. Though it's not always that way, it's worth remembering that it can be. Choices we make. #CoResistTheViolence

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Avi Meyerstein

@AviMeyerstein

3 years

Our long term ambition has been to scale not only the work of P2P but also its visibility. @allmep has been launching such efforts left and right - a blog, media training & hub for members, and now the Groundwork podcast with amazing stories from the grassroots. Subscribe!

ALLMEP

@ALLMEP

3 years

We have been working with @NewIsraelFund on our new podcast, Groundwork: The Mixed Cities Edition! The miniseries will focus on activists in mixed cities to find out what it’s like on the ground, underlying tensions, & what needs to happen to bring change.

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