Tag: conflict deescalation

• October 19, 2015

  CONFLICT DEESCALATION IN JERUSALEM AND HEBRON: JUST A THOUGHT

  CONFLICT DEESCALATION IN JERUSALEM AND HEBRON: JUST A THOUGHT

   SUNDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2015 (as originally published on Facebook here)

  We need a rapid response team, perhaps through an app, of respected observers of violent incidents in both communities, people who know and trust each other, to rapidly investigate and disseminate the facts as best they know them, in order for whatever reactions that occur be based on better knowledge of all the facts. Perhaps the app could be open, but with a respected panel who can immediately detect those on the app with consistent disinformation.

  This is a suggestion for a new tactic of precision popular journalism across enemy lines. I know journalists on both sides who are committed to their profession and also to peace, and I know many on both sides who have a firm interest in saving lives always as a priority. I also know the

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