Conference on Co-Existence of Israel & Palestine

'Tactical Victory and Strategic Victory'

President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has called for an international peace conference to end the war as it has reached an alarming state of despair, destruction and deaths. Palestinian president says Gaza war must end, conference needed to reach settlement | Reuters?

But the conflict is not just about Palestine and Israel. It has so many stakeholders, geographies, and moving themes, and only a magnitude, bigger than COP28 and along the likes of WEF (in Davos), can do justice.??

What could this proposed peace conference look like:

The Theme: The Day After: Arrival of Co-Existence of Israel & Palestine

The Venue: (Physical venue) Washington,??

Zoom: Tel Aviv, Gaza, West Bank, London, Beijing, Brussels, Doha, Beirut, Tehran, and Cairo.

The Moderators would manage 12 sessions (below) and have suggested initial set of tough questions for speakers, plus moderator's own plenary session (with questions) at the end. The conference would have suggested sponsors (at end).

Jake Tapper Jake Tapper - Wikipedia

Hanan Ashrawi Hanan Ashrawi - Wikipedia?

Christiane Amanpour Christiane Amanpour - Wikipedia?

Piers Morgan Piers Morgan - Wikipedia

Tom Friedman Thomas Friedman - Wikipedia???

Bret Baier Bret Baier - Wikipedia?

On stage Interviews: Moderator Tom Friedman

.1 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: How did Israel get to Oct 7, the greatest intelligence failure? What does the day after look like in Gaza, occupied West Bank, and east Jerusalem?? Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan Over a Year Ago - The New York Times. The NYT reported about your plans on propping up Hamas, including allowing funding leakage to Hamas intended for people in Gaza, going back many years, what is your response?? 'Buying Quiet': Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas? What do you say to former US Ambassador to Israel, Martyn Indyk, that you present a “clear and present danger” to the country, and called on him to resign “before he does even more damage to Israel.” Former US ambassador to Israel says Netanyahu is a 'clear and present danger' to Israel - POLITICO . Most Israelis would like you to leave office, what do you tell voters that want you out? Most Israelis Want Netanyahu to Go, Poll Shows?

.2 Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas: President Biden wants to see a revamped/revitalized PA, what is your definition of revamped/revitalized? How would you go about it? How long would it take? Is it time to bring in new guards for the Palestine Authority?? Biden says 'revitalized Palestinian Authority' should eventually govern Gaza and the West Bank | AP News ? What is the vision for the Palestine Authority for Palestine the day after? ? Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Last Chance Has Arrived in Postwar Gaza?

.3 President Joe Biden- why US veto Gaza cease fire? The U.S. has vetoed a Gaza cease-fire resolution in the U.N. Security Council : NPR Your handling of the war in the US polls is very low, and may impact your reelection (in swing state votes, younger generation, Muslim voters), what do you say to the American people? Majority of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of Israel-Hamas conflict: poll | The Hill?

.4 China President Xi - Detail of the two state solution China seeks 'concrete' roadmap for two-state solution to solve Gaza conflict | Reuters?

.5 Russian President Putin- Russia have gravitas to influence Putin's response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza | Semafor?

.6 King Abdullah of Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan - Wikipedia The late Henry Kissinger when asked about two state solution, said, ‘...I believe the West Bank should be put under Jordanian control rather than aim for a two-state solution which leaves one of the two territories determined to overthrow Israel.’? Henry Kissinger’s (Maybe) Last Interview: Drop the Two-State Solution - POLITICO . How do you respond, King Abdullah, to Mr. Kissinger’s comments??

.7 UN Secretary General Gutierrez; Does the UN still matter in conflicts? Gaza: Guterres invokes 'most powerful tool' Article 99, in bid for humanitarian ceasefire | UN News?

Extremist on Extremist: Panel session with Extremist Parties: moderator Bret Baier

Questions for:

-Itmar Ben Gvir Otzma Yehudit Otzma Yehudit - Wikipedia

Bezalel Smotrich National Religious Party–Religious Zionism - Wikipedia

Has the extremist approach succeeded in a secure Israel? The largest number of killings of Israeli civilians, since the Holocaust, happened during an extreme right Israeli government, is the writing on the wall for your exit during next elections?? Only one state solution? What is the vision for Gaza, West Bank & East Jerusalem the day after??

Questions for:

Ismail Hanyeh, Chairman of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh - Wikipedia?

Yaha Sinwar Hamas leader in Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar - Wikipedia??

Polls, pre and post Oct 7, in Gaza show that ordinary Palestinians in Gaza fear Hamas and dare not speak out as concerned about being labeled a traitor, ie, sustainability of rule by fear? Some have said Hamas is the second occupation. Why is your leadership in Qatar, and not in Gaza? Your actions have destroyed the infrastructure in Gaza, resulted in massive evacuation, ongoing death counts, 17,000 plus, potential refugees (second Nakba), how are your actions helping Palestine self determination?

Extremist controlling the narrative by manipulating social media??

Social Media & Lives of Journalists in Gaza War:??Jake Tapper

Social media, with the impact of influencers and AI generated images and content creation, has expanded divides, inflamed passions, and hardened narratives, but also brought real time news and has become more trustworthy than traditional media. How can social media reduce tension and build bridges??

‘News consumption in the 21st century looks very different than it once did; there is no doubt about it. The picture of the nuclear family watching the evening broadcast gathered around the TV is increasingly harder to come by. The early-morning, newspaper-reading commuter is often surrounded by people scrolling on screens of all sizes. While the information itself might not have gone through drastic changes, the medium certainly did.’

War on Social Media: How The Online Impacts The Way We Perceive Conflict - TEDxVienna Magazine?

Speakers from Al Jazeera, Times Of Israel, CNN, Facebook/Instagram and (X) - formerly Twitter- and some of the talking points:

Social media has inflamed passions and furthered the divide, possible to contain the anger? Personal attacks and death threats: Inside the fight to shape opinion about the Gaza war?

Media coverage on Israel/Hamas War, “The Fog of War – The Challenges and Dilemmas of Covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,”?

Navigating the fog of war: Stanford's discussion on media coverage of the Israel-Hamas war?

Weaponization of social media?

Israel’s War on Gaza and the Weaponisation of Social Media – TRT World Research Centre?

Are communication blackouts successful in reducing anger or leads to more casualties??

Gaza Blackout Cut Palestinians’ Internet and Phone Service for 34 Hours - The New York Times

‘The Committee to Protect Journalists says the Israel-Gaza war has "led to the deadliest month for journalists" since it started gathering data in 1992. Of 61 deaths of journalists and media workers CPJ has recorded as of Friday, 54 were Palestinian journalists, four were Israeli and three were Lebanese.’

Gaza war is deadliest conflict for journalists in over 30 years, press advocates say?

US Military Aid to Israel: Conditions? And AIPAC: Christiane Amanpour

There has been much chatter on the military aid to Israel, from US budget deficits to taxpayers (who are also voters) to democrats to even few republicans, is it time for full throated dialogue??

“Sanders, in a recent op-ed for the New York Times, spoke more broadly of the need to use the aid as "leverage," saying that the "blank check approach must end."

He went on to list several possible conditions to attach to US aid to Israel, including an end to indiscriminate bombing, a guarantee of no long-term Israeli occupation of Gaza, and a commitment to peace talks for a two-state solution.

It's No Longer Taboo to Talk About Conditioning US Aid to Israel?

‘The highest ranking Jewish congressional leader in American history, Schumer is a staunch supporter of Israel, but he isn’t ruling out the prospect of adding conditions to U.S. military aid to pressure Israel to do more to minimize civilian deaths.’

Schumer bedeviled by Democratic divisions over Israel, immigration | The Hill?

‘Paul said that he cannot work to support a set of policy decisions that include sending over arms, which he believes to be “shortsighted, destructive, unjust, and contradictory to the very values that we publicly espouse.’

Josh Paul: State Department official resigns over Biden administration's handling of Israel-Hamas conflict | CNN Politics?

‘The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, one of the most influential pro-Israel lobbying groups in Washington, is urging U.S. lawmakers to bolster security assistance to Israel in the wake of Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack.’

Pro-Israel lobby presses for US military support in war with Hamas ? OpenSecrets?

Iran and Allies/Proxies: Piers Morgan

How have you helped the family on the street in Gaza/West Bank today compared to 5, 10 and 15 years ago? The polls in Gaza show families want to education, healthcare, job opportunities, and so on, how are your helping?

President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi?

Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, Hassan Nasrallah - Wikipedia?

‘Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has built a network of proxies across the Middle East. As of 2022, Tehran had allies among more than a dozen major militias, some with their own political parties, that challenged local and neighboring governments. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the elite Qods Force provided arms, training and financial support to militias and political movements in at least six countries: Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and Yemen.’

Iran’s Islamist Proxies in the Middle East | Wilson Center?

Iran is vying for leadership in the Middle-East against Sunni arch-rival, Saudi Arabia, and is support/funding of proxies to eliminate Israel a key to their victory? But, now it seems Iran is seeking to avoid an expansive war with Israel US intelligence currently assesses Iran and its proxies are seeking to avoid a wider war with Israel | CNN Politics? (Nov 2) versus? Iran Warns Of 'Explosion' After US Veto On Gaza War | Barron's? (Dec 9).

Counter-insurgency: Israel’s Big Idea: Piers Morgan

The viability of counter-insurgency, lessons Iraq and Afghanistan in Gaza?

‘Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, who led a surge of U.S. troops and shifted Iraqi militia alliances to help turn the tide of the Iraq War, now says a similar, counterinsurgency-based approach could work for the Israel-Hamas conflict.?

Petraeus said the “big idea” Israel has landed on is destroying Hamas. But how that happens and what comes next remain unresolved…[he] claimed that Israel has determined Hamas is the equivalent of the Islamic State, meaning it is an irreconcilable, extremist organization. “You have to, therefore, destroy them..Israel cannot allow Hamas to reconstitute as a militant group and it also must dismantle the group’s political wing, adding that military force alone won’t accomplish that goal…But there are some big ideas missing...You can’t kill or capture your way out of an industrial strength insurgency. The Hamas challenge echoes what U.S. forces faced in Iraq and Israel should take a similar approach, he said.

But taking out militants in Gaza won’t produce lasting results without a political solution, he said. “There needs to be a vision for who’s going to oversee Gaza.”

While Israel may not want that job, it might need to do it, at least temporarily. That would require Israelis winning over Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank to support that effort as a transitional Palestinian government takes shape.’

“The campaign should be a counterinsurgency campaign,”

“Don’t clear and go on. Clear, hold and build.”

Petraeus says Israel should try U.S.-style counterinsurgency in Gaza?

Unpacking and insights on the negotiations of Hostages/Prisoners: Hanan Ashrawi

‘The negotiations for release of hostages/exchange of prisoners and humanitarian aid for temporary truce was started shortly after Oct 7. It was led by US, Jake Sullivan (White House National Security Advisor), Stephen Blinken (Sec of State) and William Burns (Head of CIA), Israel, led by PM Netanyahu and David Barnea, Head of Mossad, Qatar, led by the Prime Minister Qatari Sheik Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani, and Abbas Kamel, Egypt, Intelligence Service.’ https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/intention-capacity-ending-combat-gaza-rushdi-siddiqui-fjkbe/?trackingId=?

Jake Sullivan Jake Sullivan - Wikipedia

Stephen Blinken? Antony Blinken - Wikipedia

William Burns Director of the CIA

David Barnea David Barnea - Wikipedia?

Prime Minister Qatari Sheik Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani - Wikipedia?

Abbas Kamel Abbas Kamel - Wikipedia?

Can the above group bring another humanitarian pause?

Abraham Accords (Israel, UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan): Tom Friedman

The Accords are being stress tested, will they survive? Require rewriting? Dead in the water??

Declaration: ‘We, the undersigned, recognize the importance of maintaining and strengthening peace in the Middle East and around the world based on mutual understanding and coexistence, as well as respect for human dignity and freedom, including religious freedom...’ The Abraham Accords - United States Department of State?

‘Continued Arab adherence to the Accords signals continued support for Israel, rewarding it with the military, economic, and trade development that were always the primary goal. That is why we at the Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a rights group set up by Jamal Khashoggi, have publicly called on the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan to immediately withdraw from the Accords and, alongside peace treaty signatories Egypt and Jordan, end all military coordination with Israel.’

?It’s Time to Scrap the Abraham Accords?

Meanwhile, the Abraham Accords, put to the test, have held. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates condemned the Hamas attack. The UAE then condemned Israel’s campaign in Gaza because of its high civilian death toll. But relations have survived.

A top UAE official recently declared, “The Abraham Accords are here to stay.” Just as remarkable, Saudi Arabia has indicated that it remains interested in pursuing peace with Israel, according to the White House.

Opinion: A perfectly reasonable, highly unrealistic path to peace | CNN?

Activist (Never Again for anyone): Jake Tapper

Are activists making a difference in the Israel/Hamas war? If so, how??

Why do some view activists as traitors?

“It’s critical for American Jews to stand up and say, ‘never again’ is never again for anyone.” The slogan has been a rallying cry of the Jewish community since World War II.

“If we’re going to learn anything from history, it’s that the things that we stand for are for everybody, no exception, and that includes Palestinians,” she added. “We’re pulling back on organizations that suggest Jewish safety must come at the expense of Palestinian life. We say, it’s not either-or, it’s all of us or none of us.”

‘Israel says its mission in Gaza is to root out and destroy Hamas, which governs the small territory. But it is the 2.2 million Palestinians living there, unable to escape, who are bearing the brunt of the attacks…It is these lives that Wise and other Jewish American peace activists are mobilizing to save with their calls for an urgent ceasefire – even when doing so puts them at odds with some groups within their own community, including the Anti-Defamation League, who’ve questioned their morals and even accused them of being anti-Israel.’

'Not in our name': Jewish peace activists across the US call for immediate ceasefire and justice for Palestinians?

Rabbis for Human Rights | English ‘Happy are those who act justly, who do right at all times.” (Psalm 106.3)’

?‘Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) is an Israeli organization, active in three main areas – work within and about the Occupied Territories; work to promote social and economic justice within Israel; and activities in the fields of education and interreligious dialogue. RHR was founded in 1988 in response to contraventions of human rights taking place in the Occupied Territories. Since its inception, its activities have expanded to include.’??

Jewish Voice for Peace We envision a world where all people — from the U.S. to Palestine — live in freedom, justice, equality, and dignity. Like generations of Jewish leftists before us, we fight for the liberation of all people.

IfNotNow We are a movement of American Jews organizing our community to end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis.?

?English | standing-together? is a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. While the minority who benefit from the status quo of occupation and economic inequality seek to keep us divided, we know that we — the majority — have far more in common than that which sets us apart.?

https://www.theroadtorecovery.org.il/he (Road to Recovery)?

"On the Way to Recovery" is an Israeli volunteer association that transports Palestinian patients, mainly children, for life-saving treatments, from the checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza to the hospitals in Israel and back. 'We can't stop' - the Israeli woman still helping sick Palestinians?

Rebuilding Palestine (Made in Palestine) & BDS: Hanan Ashrawi

The day after, how to rebuild a Palestine economy, Marshall plan A Marshall Plan for Israel/Palestine | Peter Geffen | The Blogs,? ‘If the Jewish people has been capable of rebuilding its relationship with Germany that took six million of our lives, we are certainly capable of forgiving and getting on with business with the Palestinians who have in total killed far less of our people than we kill of each other on the Israeli roads and highways every few years. The Palestinian people have less experience in this domain. So they appear unable to forgive or forget. But it is temporary. Give them a reason to get beyond the slogans and we will be able to build, together, a Middle East of majesty, achievement, justice, equality and peace.’

‘Despite everything Palestinians went through from living under an unjust occupation that hinders them from living a normal life every single day, Palestinians refuse but to resist by all means of resistance including being innovative, creative and bringing beauty and hope despite the darkness of occupation. Everyday a new talent is born in Palestine just to prove to the world that Palestine’s soul is still alive and will continue to teach the world life.?

10 Made-in-Palestine Brands | Al Bawaba?

Handmade Palestine?

Hirbawi Kufiya?

Hirbawi?

Gaza had a nascent tech sector Gaza Sky Geeks and was sadly? blown apart by the war.? Palestine’s growing tech industry has been literally blown apart by the war between Israel and Hamas | TechCrunch. How to rebuild?

Will campaign of boycott, divest and sanctions (BDS) BDS Movement |? work against Israel like in Apartheid South Africa, The Two Apartheids. Will the new government of Palestine scrap the BDS movement????

What does the Day after Look like for Israel and Palestine? Hanan Ashrawi

Speakers:

Jake Tapper Jake Tapper - Wikipedia?

Christiane Amanpour Christiane Amanpour - Wikipedia?

Piers Morgan Piers Morgan - Wikipedia

Tom Friedman Thomas Friedman - Wikipedia???

Bret Baier Bret Baier - Wikipedia?

Questions:

-When is the Day after? January, March, June 2024?

-Is the Hamas ideology no longer relevant??

-What does the Day after look like in Gaza and West Bank??

-What does a revamped/revitalized PA look like?

-Who will help rebuild and finance Gaza? What does its economy look like? Do we need to amplify the ‘Made in Palestine’ campaign in helping the economy rebuild?

-Will the? Netanyahu and his right wing government still be in power?

-What are the lessons for institutions of higher learning in the US after recent congressional hearings on ‘free speech’ on campus? ‘The most damaging moments came when the three presidents (Harvard, MIT and University of Pennsylvania) were asked by Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” would violate their universities’ policies on free speech.’ The Universities That Don’t Understand Academic Freedom - The Atlantic?

Sponsors

The White House The White House

Government of Israel gov.il?

Palestine Authority Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics?

Government of Qatar Government Communications Office?

Government of Egypt Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt Website?

Government of Jordan ?????? ???????

Government of Turkey (www.mfa.gov.tr).

Government of Saudi Arabia ?????? ??????? ????????

Government of Iran President

US Department of State State Department?

AIPAC AIPAC?

IDF IDF?

Defense Contractors?