Good News According To Anna Baltzer

Anna is a peace activist concerned with Palestinian rights in Israel and the Holy Land.

 

Peace is possible.

http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com/index.php
http://nswas.org
http://www.peres-center.org/
http://www.musalaha.org/

This guy is interesting, refused to give an oath to Hitler, helped co-found Neve Shalom and gave a tour to Jimmy Carter, according to Wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargil_Pixner

God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule -

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28151

Humor -
Wise Jewish Man

A female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wallto pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time.

So she went to check it out.

She went to the Western Wall and there he was, walking slowly up to the holy site.

She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, using a cane and moving very slowly, she approached him for an interview.

“Pardon me, sir, I’m Rebecca Smith from CNN. What’s you name?”

“Morris Greenberg,” he replied

“Sir, how long have you been coming to the Western Wall and praying?”

“For about 60 years.”

“60 years! That’s amazing!

What do you pray for?”

“I pray for peace between the Christians, Jews and the Muslims.

I pray for all the wars and all the hatred to stop.

I pray for all our children to grow up safely as responsible adults, and to love their fellow man.”

“How do you feel after doing this for 60 years?”

“I feel like I’m talking to a f*****g brick wall.” 

PALESTINE PEACE MUSIC – Ensemble Ambitions in a World Divided

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/arts/music/21wakin.html?_r=2&ref=arts&pagewanted=all

Good News According To Marine Chaplain Eli Takesian

You Shall Not Murder: Marine chaplain Eli Takesian—like Lyn Brown, the chaplain interviewed in this episode—was attached to a unit that saw the brutality of combat up-close, but in a different war. He served two tours as a chaplain during Vietnam. Takesian talked with TAL producer Alex Blumberg.

Any thoughts on the web bonus talking about war chaplains and peacemakers?
Marine-chaplain-Eli-Takesian-332_takesian

Good News According To Anthony Chapman

song written by American Christians to encourage embattled Israel, entitled, “A Prayer Under Fire,” has aired for the first time on Israeli radio and television Anthony Chapman and his wife Irene, from Rhode Island.

Good News According To Izzeldin Abuelaish

PALESTINIAN DOCTOR WHOSE PEACE EFFORTS TURN TO ANGUISH.

Good News According To Sabaaneh, A Creative Palestinian Artist

Sabaaneh is a creative Palestinian and Holy Land artist. Check out some of his work here  http://www.jffra.com/temp/index.php?month=07&year=2006&view=archiv&last_index=.

   

Good News According To Arab Christians

Khalil Gibran • Michel Aflaq • Fairuz
Ralph Nader • Salma Hayek • Tony Shaloub
Shakira • Carlos Menem • Carlos Ghosn

Jawdat Ibrahim is an Israeli-Arab millionaire who has established a fund that gives scholarships to both Arab and Jewish university students, and has hosted informal peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian Authority leaders at his popular Abu Ghosh restaurant.^[1][2] Ibrahim lived in Chicago for six years, but returned to Israel after winning $17.5 million in the Illinois State Lottery.^[2]

^Amjad???

Literature – Poet’s – Taha Ali  – Taha’s poems, warning is great!

http://sakakini.org/literature/tmohammedali.htm

Al-Ma’arri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_%27alaa%27_al-Tanookhy_al-Ma%27arri

They all err – Moslems, Christians, Jews, and Magians:

Two make Humanity’s universal sect:

One man intelligent without religion,

And, one religious without intellect.^[

Good News According To James Ridgway

Good news for Israel tourism from pastor James Ridgway who sent some 300,000 tourists to Israel!!

Feb. 5, 2009
NADIA BEIDAS , THE JERUSALEM POST

American pastor James Ridgway was honored late last month for bringing some 300,000 tourists to Israel since 1974 through his nonprofit organization, Educational Opportunities, which was also marking its 35th anniversary…

…The tours feature both Jewish and Arab guides. Ibrahim Matar directs the contemporary studies program for Educational Opportunities, a program in which pilgrims learn about both the Palestinian perspective and the Israeli perspective of the conflict. Matar arranges for all of the pilgrims to visit a Jewish settlement and a Palestinian refugee camp.

Matar said the tours “build a bridge for peace.”

Rula Shubeita, a tour guide for 12 years, said it is a priority for the pilgrims to pray and follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

“They relate to these holy sites. All of their lives they studied about Jesus, Jerusalem, Nazareth. It’s a great experience for them. It’s once in a lifetime,” Shubeita said.

Ridgway said he believes Arabs and Jews will live in peace one day.

“I hope I will live to see that day,” he said.

This article can also be read at http://www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304689986&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull

Good News According To Kim Phuc – The Girl In The Photo

amazing story of the “girl in the photo” from Vietnam. One of the most powerful stories of forgiveness and faith I’ve ever heard.

 

ppt – Good News

Another AMAZING story!
Nick Vujicic
http://lifewithoutlimbs.org/

Good News According To Rob Bell

hear about the original meaning of the gospel, good news and church - you just might be surprised. 

Charles Winters – only the second posthumous pardon in U.S. history

Charles Winters,  Boston Protestant who aided his Jewish friends and served 18 months in prison for it  who helped smuggle arms in the 1940s to the land that would become Israel. Only the second posthumous pardon in U.S. history.