some thots

some thots It's ironic that most of recent attention for my articles on NowPublic and youtube has been about “my path to God” from atheists: personal attacks on my character and intellectual capacity ^^ What does that say about the attackers? You may draw your own...

Egypt: Back to the Future

Interview granted to Koshan Ali Khidhir (Zamanee). Sam Vaknin is an economic and political analyst and the Editor-in-Chief of "Global Politician". Q. What was the main cause of starting Arab revolution, especially in Egypt? SV: In the wake of the Great Recession of...

10 Places On Earth You Don't Want to Live

10 Places on Earth You Don’t Want to Live The World is a Giant Jigsaw Puzzle, spotted with both exquisitely Beautiful and potentially Dangerous Places. While you may dream of spending a Lifetime in some...

Israel Eager to Negotiate Peace with Palestinians but Needs Partn

Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren: Israel prepared to give up land for peace Giving up sacred land “will be painful” and “a risk” ...

Drawing lessons from India’s experience in conflict resolution

India’s long history of engaging in dialogue with insurgent groups provides many lessons for those involved in peacemaking all over the world, suggests a recent report, entitled Conflict resolution: Learning lessons from dialogue processes in India. The study, co-authored...

Is Palestine ready to shine?

People on the streets are talkin. Saying that Palestine is a country.. 120 countries agree. Well lets see what the UN talks about this July 26th...Will Palestine be let onto the list? Will Hamas agree to be peaceful? New Media is right here right now. NowPublic is one place...

Exploring Indonesia’s peacemaking efforts

Indonesia’s transition to democracy since 1998 has been marred by the eruption of internal conflicts. A new study entitledConflict Management in Indonesia – An Analysis of the Conflict in Maluku, Papua and Poso suggests this transition has had a direct impact on the way...

The Imminent Water Wars

Growing up in Israel in the 1960's, we were always urged to conserve precious water. Rainfall was rare and meager, the sun scorching, our only sweet water lake under constant threat by the Syrians. Israelis were being shot at hauling water cisterns or irrigating their parched...

Oslo Forum - Annual meeting of conflict mediators

The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre), the independent mediation organisation, in cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is pleased to announce that the Oslo forum will take place from 21 -23 June 2011 in Oslo, Norway. The Oslo forum is a...

Does Israel seek War or Peace?

Successive Israeli governments have failed to achieve peace with the Palestinians. The reasons were sometimes vague, while in other times they were crystal clear. It was after the killing of Yitzhak Rabin that a lack of vision became dominant in the Israeli political arena...

personal path to salvation

It's very difficult for me to write about this topic because everyone has their own unique path to their own unique brand of salvation, but i will try.. It's not enough to say "keep love in your heart" because...

Israel accepts Palestinian State when Palestinians accept Israel

Israel will accept a Palestinian State when Palestinians accept Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke to the US Congress today and made an eloquent argument for supporting Israel’s quest for peace with...

Pro and Anti Mubarak Citizens Start to Hug After Fierce Fighting

In an amazing turnaround the fighting factions in Cairo put an end to their fighting and started to hug and mingle Chanting we are one. It would appear some brave souls placed themselves between the fight and...

The Deciding Factor

"By Muhammad Osman January 7, 2011 (NAIROBI) – Over 15,000 Southern Sudanese are expected to turn up at eight polling stations across Kenya between 9 and 15 January to vote in a crucial referendum vote on the possible secession of their semi-autonomous region from north...

Teaching the World to Sing: Trees, bees & Coca-Cola turtle doves

It’s slightly jarring when you realize that popular advertising is as valid a part of one’s life tapestry as any first date, kiss or any other similarly time-stamped event. Like a serendipitous song playing at...

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