"The grassroots approach is challenging and circuitous, and peace is
slow to come. Dialogue groups are fighting fire with water, but every
Palestinian home that gets demolished, every missile that comes over
from Gaza, is like a shot of gasoline. As an American, I believe in the
power of the popular will, and that every person who can come to see the
other side for all their humanity helps build a coalition for peace" Kelly Payne
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Finding peace for Israelis and Palestinians among people – not policies
John Kerry or the Arab League may prod a peace deal into place, but nothing can last unless ordinary people living under the policy see that every Israeli is not a settler and every Palestinian does not begrudge Israel a right to exist. I've seen the groundwork of that dialogue at work.
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Secretary
of State John Kerry meets with members of the Arab League Peace
Initiative in Amman, Jordan, July 17. Mr. Kerry is on his sixth visit to
the region, seeking to persuade the Israelis and Palestinians to resume
direct negotiations, frozen for almost three years. Op-ed contributor
Kelly Payne writes: 'Politics make issues impersonal. To create or
loosen personal convictions...people have to share their real-life
narratives.'
Mandel Ngan/AP
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