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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Arture, Julie, Dan, Doris,Jeff,Joelle,Koos,Toni,
Ken, Michael and Michael and all my friends of the list,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I want to thank all of you for
holding a safe and precious space for the "word from a friend" thread .It
has been an exhausting effort, at times, to try to make sense about craziness,
but you have made it meaningful for me. Knowing that so many of you are on the
same "frontier" of peace-making, even if calling it different names, give me a
deep sense of belonging to "a common good" and always give me food for thought
and nourishment for the heart&soul.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Michael H wrote (about who is
fighting who)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> > am
wondering if this could not also be said to be about those who love
something<BR> bigger and those who love
something smaller, rather than love and hate? not<BR>
about 'how much' the caring is, but about its scope, about
the size of the<BR> object of the
love. not meaning to twist words or redefine anything here,
but<BR> wanting to say that this is how i'm
understanding it now <</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> It definitely can be said in
this way and I am trying to word and think this way most of the time but at
times I need to clarify and differentiate - this was the case for me.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I would like to illustare it by
telling ya little story that happened 2 days ago : </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Avner Haramati and myself are
part of an NGO of volunteer professionals who work to promote dialogue
between social-extreme groups in Israel. This group exists for almost 10 years
now and has done a great job in developing tools and promoting dialogue between
extremes. Two days ago we had an emergency meeting ( for various reasons we are
running out of funding). </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>The current chairman of the NGO in a 45 years of age man , an observing
Jew who leaves in a settlement, is now doing his reserves duty in the army. He
is a wise and passionate man (and facilitated his first Open space 3 weeks
agar for the first time...) so I called him to see if he has any message to
share with us since he will not be able to attend in person. He said: "Tova, I
don't know how to describe it but I/ we here are doing <STRONG>only
survival</STRONG> .We have to be focused if we are to stay alive and to trace
suicide bombers before they blow up in a heavily populated area. We stoped 2
women with explosive beltsin the last 24 houres. What can i say. One thing
you can tell them : that it warms my hear to know I am part of a people and a
society that when I am here watching the frontier of safety I can count on you
there doing the frontier of <STRONG>dialogue</STRONG>".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>love and respect</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tova</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Holon, Israel</FONT></DIV>
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