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Israeli Palestinian Peace Discussion Forum

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Andrew Schamess says:

December 27, 2004 at 4:53 AM

Thanks for putting up this notice, Richard. I’d be interested in any suggestions that readers have regarding the new site – what should be included? Suggestions on software, content, anything else. Thanks!

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mohamed says:

December 27, 2004 at 6:05 AM

hello sir ,i’m mohamed ,the algerian journalist ,i understand why you
haven’t found what you’re looking for in this forums of dialogue ,
i think the main reason is that it lack the pillars of a sincere and objective dealing of the israeli-palestinian conflict ,it impose a
pre-conditions and superficial visions about the region and neglect a
lot of interesting dimensions ( i don’t want to be impolite by saying
that its initiators ar ignorant about history and religion , but
i think they have to learn more and avoid infantile concepts like good
and bad guys ), by the way , congratulations sir richard for the
twins , they look pretty ,children are a precious gift from god but unfortunately only few people thank god for his endless gifts ,thank
you .

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kjfalk says:

December 27, 2004 at 3:40 PM

Sounds like a cool site. I’d just be sure to give a lot of thought to how you’ll moderate the content… as you know, people can occasionally get a little… emotional or hostile! I think DailyKos might be a good model. He seems to be using a useful open-source system which has people register before they can comment, and gives them a sense of ownership by giving them “diary” areas when they can also write their own articles.

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Richard Silverstein says:

December 28, 2004 at 1:21 AM

kjfalk’s comment is exactly right. There are unfortunately many out there who are threatened by the idea that Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians can engage in serious dialogue. I’m aware that there could be lots of hot tempers within the forum and lots of hostility directed against it from without. We’ll have to have very good security safeguards to protect against things like denial of service attacks and also a no tolerance plan for dealing with excessive vitriol within the forum.

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fred lapides says:

April 30, 2005 at 11:40 AM

I tend, as you know richard, to be in the pro-Israel camp, but I am old enough to know that the more varieity and opionions one can get the better making judgment will be. thus, I have posted an announcement of your new site at http://IsraelPundit.blogspot.com
I wish you luch in your new enterprise.

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