We are on the road to establish Ministries of Peace in Israel and Palestine!

The first major success of the campaign was announced this week.  The Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams on permanent status peace have decided to establish a new team called “Culture of Peace”.  Yesterday, I was suddenly called by the head of the Israeli Culture of Peace team to meet with him.  I was informed that the decision to create the team was a direct result of our lobbying efforts to put the “Culture of Peace” formally into the Israeli-Palestinian negotiating process.  I met with the head of the Israeli team and began putting the main issues that need to be decided on the agenda.  My number one issue is the establishment of Ministries of Peace in Israel and Palestine that will be the main governmental bodies on both sides charged with implementing and coordinating all the non-military aspects of the future peace agreements.