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| Out of the Middle East Peace Initiative Conference in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv from August 23-29th, Director of MAS-Freedom, NC found the events on day 5 to be the most interesting. The afternoon event included a dialogue with Martin Luther King 111, Dalia Rabin, daughter of assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin , Former Congressman Hansen of Utah at the Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israeli Studies. The purpose of this session was to continue interfaith activities that include conferencing setting for formal discussions about peace in the Middle East. The presence of Khalilah Sabra of MAS Freedom, Martin Luther King 111 and Dalia Rubin served to increase visibilty of people different religions promoting peace. |
| "The Family of Abraham: One Family Under God" |
The 31st Middle East Peace Initiative "The Family of
Abraham: One Family Under God" began with intensity
its program geared towards understanding better the
central importance of the three Abrahamic faiths.
Abraham: One Family Under God" began with intensity
its program geared towards understanding better the
central importance of the three Abrahamic faiths.
| Dream"co-sponsored the event, was the main speaker. Besides rabbis and ministers from Europe and America prominent Muslim leaders including Imam Dawud Assad, former president of the Council of Mosques of the United States. |
| Khalilah Sabra |
political behavior can be considered a
necessary evil. He said that the Jews
have been kicked out of 47 countries. A
irate Palestinian came forward and
protested that "It was not the
Palestinians who kicked the Jews out
of anywhere and why should they have
to pay the price?"
Dalia Rubin spoke with Ms. Sabra
about the death of her father and
expressed her feelings of blame. She
said that the settler that killed her
father was "frustrated by the
Palestinian refusal to agree with a
peace treaty after having more than
three chances to do so."
Her viewpoint did not match her
mother's, who always laid blame on
Benjamin Netanyahu for his criticism of
Rabin and his participation in the
initiation of peace talks during the
Clinton Administration.
A full report of the events at this
conference will be presented in its
entirety within the next few days,
along with footage and photos about
the entire conference and the
observations of the Muslim and other
interfaith leaders that attended,
including Jewish activist who
protested the disparities in the realm
of justice and human rights that have
evolved from Israeli occupation.
necessary evil. He said that the Jews
have been kicked out of 47 countries. A
irate Palestinian came forward and
protested that "It was not the
Palestinians who kicked the Jews out
of anywhere and why should they have
to pay the price?"
Dalia Rubin spoke with Ms. Sabra
about the death of her father and
expressed her feelings of blame. She
said that the settler that killed her
father was "frustrated by the
Palestinian refusal to agree with a
peace treaty after having more than
three chances to do so."
Her viewpoint did not match her
mother's, who always laid blame on
Benjamin Netanyahu for his criticism of
Rabin and his participation in the
initiation of peace talks during the
Clinton Administration.
A full report of the events at this
conference will be presented in its
entirety within the next few days,
along with footage and photos about
the entire conference and the
observations of the Muslim and other
interfaith leaders that attended,
including Jewish activist who
protested the disparities in the realm
of justice and human rights that have
evolved from Israeli occupation.
| Martin Luther King and Dalia Rabin |
| Alon Pinkus,Israeli Consul General in New York and Khalilah Sabra |
| Rabin, daughter of Yitzhak Rabin and Khalilah Sabra |
| Former Congressman from Utah |
| This exchanged included Alon Pinkus,Israeli Consul General in New York, who was quoted seven years ago in a CNN interview as saying "We don't have the right and we're not choosing Palestinian leaders. And there reasons but there is no legal justification. The justification is moral, it's political, it is based on national security." His politics continues to be rather decisive about the Palestinians not having democratic rights in the controlled state. Pinkus gave a statistical analysis of what Israel would look like if Palestinains were given democratic rights equal to those of an Israeli citizens. He said, "The Israeli State would dissolved and that Palestinians would have the Director, Khalilah Sabra about humanitarian considerations, Alon replied, "Right or wrong, the Israeli will do whatever is necessary to maintain a Jewish State. Is it necessarily right? No!" |