Seventy-Seven and Counting

I posted about a group seeking Israel-Arab peace based on a religious approach, well, sort of. Here.

Check that out as it has comments and exchanges between the group's mover and I.


Okay, now that you've come back, read this:

Several months ago The Seventy Times Seven Project, Inc. contacted the Arab American Institue and suggested that Arabs and Jews, perhaps for the first time, conduct a joint meeting for peace in Washington, DC. After all, if we can't have a peaceful meeting on this side of the ocean, we can't blame those on other side!

AAI was immediately enthusiastic, as was the pro-Israel/pro-peace group known as J Street.

Now, it is happening. On next Sunday, Tina Tchen, the Deputy Assistant to President Obama, will address a joint session of AAI and J Street speaking on the topic, "Advancing a Pro-Peace Agenda."

J Street!!!

Details:

Arab American Fall Leadership Summit, October 25-26, 2009,Capitol Hilton 1001 16th Street NWWashington, DC 20036

The Arab American Institute is hosting the 2009 Arab American Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., October 25 - 26. This invitation-only event attracts Arab American community and business leaders, as well as public servants, from around the country...

...Tina Tchen, the Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Engagement, will address a joint session at the Arab American Institute’s Fall Leadership Summit. The joint session with J Street, “Advancing a Pro-Peace Agenda”, will feature J Street’s executive director Jeremy Ben-Ami and AAI’s president and founder, Dr. James Zogby. Arab American and Jewish American leaders will have an opportunity to collaborate in an open discussion of how to forge a just, lasting and comprehensive resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one that will result in two states, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace and security. In addition, United States National Security Advisor General James Jones, USMC (Ret) will address the Leadership Summit’s closing session...

Special Guest Speakers:
...H.E. Maen Areikat, Ambassador, Palestinian National Authority; Mr. Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director, J Street...Mr. Rob Malley, Program Director for Middle East and North AfricaInternational Crisis Group