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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

June 17, 2005 - Friday Forum

Jerusalem-Washington: Video conference targets Middle East peace
Dan Rather to moderate June 26 live event

[Episcopal News Service] A historic 90-minute video conference on peace
in
the Holy Land, moderated by television journalist Dan Rather, will be
held
on June 26, at 2:30 pm EST.

Anglican Bishop Riah Abu El Assal, of Jerusalem, along with other
religious,
and civil society leaders from Jerusalem and Washington, DC, will make
statements about the possibilities of Palestinian-Israeli peace.
Discussions
with inter-religious audiences, from more than 30 cities across the
U.S.,
will be hosted by local Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders.
Participants
are encouraged to break bread together and engage in planning for local
initiatives.

The purpose of the video conference is to demonstrate to the world the
breadth, depth, and commitment to action of the growing collective voice
to
help resolve the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The video will promote
dialogue and collective action among Christians, Jews, and Muslims to
urge,
and support active U.S. policy to take advantage of the historic new
opportunities, and help achieve Arab-Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Participants from Jerusalem include:

*Rt. Reverend Riah Abu El Assal, the Bishop of Jerusalem of the Anglican
Church;
*Sheikh Imad Falouji, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from
Jabalia, Gaza;
*Rabbi David Rosen, Jerusalem based International Director of
Inter-religious Affairs, American Jewish Committee. (All are signers of
the
Alexandria Declaration to end violence and restore dignity in the Holy
Land.)
*Avraham Burg, former speaker of the Knesset, Co-Author of the Geneva
Accord
Model Peace Agreement;
*Sari Nusseibeh, president, Al Quds University, co-founder of the
People's
Voice Peace Initiative;
*Dr. Tsvia Walden, board of directors of the Peres Center and Geneva
Initiative;
*Rania Kharma, assistant to the finance minister, Palestinian Authority;
and

*George Sa'adeh and Rami Elhanan, members of the Parents Circle:
Bereaved
Families for Peace and Reconciliation

Participants from Washington, D.C. include:

*Rabbi Paul Menitoff, executive director of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis; *Serge Duss, vice president and director of Public
Policy
and Advocacy, World Vision;
*Rev. Dr. J. Martin Bailey, special advisor, Churches for Middle East
Peace
and author;
*Imam Yahya Hendi, chaplain, Georgetown University; and
*Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh C.S.C., president emeritus University of
Notre
Dame and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the
Congressional Gold Medal (pre-recorded.)

This conference is sponsored by A Different Future
(www.adifferentfuture.org) in cooperation with the National
Interreligious
Leadership Initiative for Peace (www.walktheroadtopeace.org.)

To find a location near you or sponsor a discussion, go to
www.adifferentfuture.org

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