Aziz Abu Sarah

@azizabusarah.bsky.social

Co-Author of bestseller, The Future is Peace, co-founder of Mejdi Tours &InterAct International , Nat Geo Explorer, TED fellow.

Very grateful for this interview with Ali Velshi! We talked about peacemaking, current injustices, and our vision for the future.

Ali Velshi@velshi.com · 2mo ago

“The Future Is Peace” written by Palestinian @azizabusarah.bsky.social and Israeli @maozinon.bsky.social argues that there is no alternative for the region, for the world. “Status quo doesn’t exist — things only get worse or better. And we want it to get better.” #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub

In Nov, 2023, I was hosted in Australia by friends from the Jewish community. I experienced generosity, solidarity, and humanity. To target a community in moments of prayer or celebration violates the most basic moral and human principles. Attacking the Jewish community anywhere is wrong. Full stop.

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Nonviolent resistance isn’t only about marches. it’s also about changing the narrative and shifting public perception. Media focused actions, like Gandhi’s Salt March. So if you say the Sumud flotilla is a PR stunt—you’re right. It is a PR action, meant to draw attention to the starvation in Gaza.

THIS EVENT HAS NOW REACHED CAPACITY. But our friends at Israelis for Peace are also hosting @maozinon.bsky.social and @azizabusarah.bsky.social at 5pm TODAY at their weekly rally in Union Square in NYC. We encourage you to join them there!

Partners for Progressive Israel@partners4israel.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NYC! THIS SUNDAY, Sept. 28, 2pm. Join us for an urgent conversation with @azizabusarah.bsky.social and @maozinon.bsky.social - on atonement, reconciliation, and peace building, and how we create a new vocabulary of mutual equality, dignity, and security. Register: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...

Just watched Israeli President Herzog at Chatham House. Once seen as a leftist, pro-peace candidate when he led the Labor Party, he now sounds no different from Netanyahu or Ben Gvir. Yet the world still treats him as one of the “good guys.” Today, he comes across as a cheerleader for genocide.

We lose our humanity when we choose division, hate, & greed over connection & life-when we fight wars for power & false borders. The greatest existential threat isn’t a natural disaster, but us: when we choose violence, inequality, dehumanization & indifference. Let’s choose humanity and peace.

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For years, US & European politicians refused to recognize a Palestinian state, empowering Netanyahu’s plan to turn the West Bank into concentration camps, displacing 3.5M Palestinians. Blame is everywhere but the real question is: how do we respond & stop this crime from happening?

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The writing was always on the wall: decades of violence and deaths are unsustainable. In 2022, 182 Palestinians & 22 Israelis were killed. Conflict management & stalemate only worsen the reality. We must reject the normalization of death, & work to end the occupation & siege through a just peace.

Extremists often dictate policy, shape governments, and commit war crimes, even without being the majority. To confront them, we must be action-oriented: setting clear benchmarks, reshaping governments policies. What matters is having a vision, driving change, and pushing to make that vision real.

“There is an absolute policy of annihilation” Dr. Thaer Ahmad, talks to Drop Site News about the systematic destruction of the healthcare system in Gaza.