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’Seinfeld’ actor helps launch Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
2004-02-25
I notice there are no trolls today on RB and this may be the reason. A major new troll honeypot.
"Seinfeld" actor Jason Alexander helped launch a grass roots peace initiative with a twist: Israelis and Palestinians are asked to vote on terms of a future agreement via the Internet. The "One Voice" campaign, backed by Alexander and several other Hollywood celebrities, seeks to gauge the feelings of ordinary Palestinians and Israelis on core issues in the conflict through an Internet referendum. Computer giant IBM will analyze the results, and organizers hope a consensus will emerge despite decades of conflict. "What this initiative wants to do is to embolden moderates on both sides," Alexander, who played the bumbling George in the hit comedy series, said Tuesday.

Fingering a thick beard as he walked onstage at Israel’s IBM headquarters, Alexander joked, "No, I’m not Hassidic. I’m unemployed." In an Associated Press interview, Alexander said he got involved in the project through "pure blind ignoranceoptimism." Deflecting criticism of actors who use their fame to influence politics, he said, "The only good use of celebrity is to stand next to something important ... just bring awareness to it." Alexander said he first joined the campaign after attending a gathering of One Voice organizers and other celebrity supporters at the Hollywood home of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman. One Voice founders Daniel Lubetzky, an American Jewish businessman, and Mohammed Darawshe, an Israeli Arab peace activist, gave the group a presentation on the peace program. Fellow actors Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston, also at that gathering, also signed up to help the project.
The usual suspects!
Heavy intellectual hitters, each and every one...
The One Voice initiative asks Israeli and Palestinian respondents to accept or reject a series of statements on issues at the heart of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Among them are the necessity of an Israeli and a Palestinian state, each respecting the other and upholding human rights; the 1967 boundaries between the two as a basis for negotiation; evacuation of Jewish settlements and cessation of terrorism. Voting has already begun through the One Voice Web site and will begin soon at booths in universities and other public places in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip. Organizers plan to present the findings to Palestinians and Israeli leaders as a document backed by broad public opinion. Alexander said the potential for a peaceful solution is evident. "We’re dealing with two incredibly intelligent, sophisticated, passionate nations
After I pick myself up from the floor
that really have more in common than what divides them," he said. "Probably what tantalizes me is that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel."
Why is that hollywood celebs never seem to own a f***ing dictionary. To save you the bother of looking it up. Tantalize means To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.
At Tuesday’s launch, an Israeli student leader, Sagiv Asualin, said the One Voice program differs from the recent Geneva Accord and other peace initiatives because it comes from the grass roots level.
I wasn’t aware they had grass on Hollywood streets.
On The Net:
One Voice: www.silentnolonger.org
I think I will go check it out!
Posted by:phil_b

#1  The guy marries Brittany Spears for a few hours and now he's a World Thought Leader?
Nah.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-2-25 9:03:32 PM  

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