Former Israeli and Palestinian Combatants Uniting for Peace - 1-25-07
Excerpts from "I AM NOT SHOOTING AND I AM NOT CRYING", a work in progress featuring speakers from COMBATANTS FOR PEACE.
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BACKGROUND:
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom is a US based Jewish peace organization of over 36,000 individuals whose mission is to educate and mobilize American Jews in support of a negotiated two-state resolutioon to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In winter 2007, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom organized a 22 city tour of the United States by representatives of Combatants For Peace.
Combatants For Peace is a group of Israelis and Palestinians who were formerly involved in the cycle of violence. The Israelis served as combat soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinians were engaged in acts of violence in the name of Palestinian liberation. After brandishing weapons for so many years, they decided to put down their guns and fight for peace.
On January 25, 2007, Sulaiman Al-hamri and Elik Elhanan, the Palestinian and Israeli coordinators of Combatants For Peace, spoke at Beth Emet Synagogue in Evanston, Illinois.
"I AM NOT SHOOTING AND I AM NOT CRYING" is a record of that event.
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Comment by al rogers on November 7, 2023 at 4:22pm
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What happened with video?
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Comment by kathy anderson on February 29, 2012 at 4:02pm
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WONDERFUL!!!!! Active listening and speaking will bring PEACE when we give up violence as a solution to violence!
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Comment by Judy Lucas on February 29, 2012 at 12:38pm
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Inspiring, encouraging, hopeful
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Comment by jimmsfairytales0com on May 25, 2009 at 3:39pm
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"[...] and as long as we are not talking, children will go on dying. [...] and no one has the right not to talk."
When I saw the length of this video, I thought: "Well, I'm in a bit of a hurry, I can leave this until some other time..."
I'm SO glad that I didn't! This is a very moving - yet very SENSIBLE - joint speech from two former ENEMIES who have decided that they CAN do something to stop the violence.
I will go on to watch the whole 90min version, and I advise EVERYBODSY to do so - and to tell your friends about this video.
Rate it on YouTube! Favourite it there! Get it TALKED about... that way more people will SEE it
... and maybe listen.
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Comment by Vicki Armstrong on March 11, 2009 at 10:20pm
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Thank you Sulaiman & Elik for your communication & moving effort to create peace. It could not have been easy for either of you.
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Comment by nigam on January 31, 2009 at 10:16am
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DON'T GET ME WRONG BUT FIGHTING FOR ONE'S LAND DOESN'T CALL VOILANCE ITS WAR FOR THE LAND AND ISREAL IS OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE IS ILLEGAL ANYWAY YOU ARE GOT TOGATHER FOR GOOD CAUSE MAY GOD HELP U.MY SUPPORT IS WITH U IF THAT WOULD HELP TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE WHICH I BEEN HEARING SINCE I AM A CHILD.NOW I AM SO FED UP THAT IBEEN THINKING EITHER TO PERISH ISREAL OR PLASTINE MAKE INTO ONE UNITED COUNTRY NAME IS UNITED STATE OF PEACE OR WHATEVER BUT PLEASE RESOLVE THIS ISSUE ITS GETTING ON MY NURVE SEEING ALL THOSE PALESTINIAN CHILDERN IN THOSE STATE!.
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Comment by Popxart on January 27, 2009 at 4:24pm
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They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Lots of lovely love :)
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Comment by RAMA on January 26, 2009 at 3:58pm
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Never stop the mission of peace. Love and respekt --- RAMA
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Comment by felissia on January 24, 2009 at 2:48pm
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these two men pump new rhythm into those beautiful words, "i think it's so groovy now that people are finally gettin' together". the best karma to them and to all among us who follow their lead.
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Comment by Philip Hiss on January 24, 2009 at 1:31am
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That was a truly inspiring video. I want to thank everyone involved for helping the world heal.
"Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life?"
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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