A saudi, a Palestinian and an Israeli peacemakers - members of @ROPESorg regional network sat down together to pen an op-ed on ways to reach a real Mideast peace and regional integration. The opportunity is still there, it cannot be missed.
https://t.co/5uMiCzysOG
1/7
“This is not a single-front war anymore—it’s a web of miscalculations, and we’re all living inside it.” - @SanamVakil on the war with Iran
#middleeast#geopolitics
6/7
“And I think we’re heading into a long period of competition and containment between Iran and Israel-with no clean ending in sight.”
#IranWar#israel
What happens when women leaders from across the globe come together to champion #dialogue, #tolerance, and #peace?
Check out ROPES CEO @KseniaSvetlova insights representing ROPES at the IDCT Dialogue of Civilizations and Tolerance Conference in #abudhabi as part of the Women Champions for Change (WCC) delegation.
https://t.co/tL8U0M7p5I
As Israel’s multifront conflict grinds on, the country’s once robust and mainstream peace movement is diminished.
“After three blood-soaked years, the drive for peace must grow stronger,” Shira Ben-Sasson Furstenberg, director of the New Israel Fund. https://t.co/6Nx0IJSyXG
1/9
“Things after this war will not be the same.”
Bahraini political analyst Ahmed Khuzaie on how the Iran war has fundamentally changed the Gulf's view of security, diplomacy, and the future of the Middle East.
🧵
8/9
“The regular people on the street don't want big words. They don't want promises. They want to see their peers, the Palestinians, in a better condition.”
ROPES took part in another solidarity visit to the West Bank, this time to Duma and Shqera.
Together with activists from @JustHerds we witnessed settlers harassing Palestinians firsthand.
#westbank#settlerviolence#palestine
8/9
“I think rebuilding bipartisan support will take years… it will not happen overnight.”
So what happens if that support fully erodes — while the Middle East becomes even more unstable?