The Israel Palestine Project
"a common history, an extraordinary future"
I. Overview
The Israel Palestine Project (TIPP) is a non-profit organization, incorporated in the State of California. TIPP provides for a multi-phase, strategic intervention through initiatives that target the source of this centuries old conflict. The Israel Palestine Project defines the “source” as clashing historical accounts. historically developed, parallel and mutually contradictory stories that live in the literature and are held in the consciousness of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples. Sociologists refer to such stories as national historical narratives.
The intransigent trans-generational conflict between Israel and Palestine exerts a deadly impact on the Middle East, with associated adverse effects rippling across the globe. Countless attempts to resolve this schism have proved ineffective and, in fact, inconsequential. The world community response is moving increasingly toward deep resignation. Something entirely new is urgently called for; the time for healing this elemental conflict is long overdue. As seen below, TIPP uses a 4-point cycle for its transformational work:
With each of the initiatives, TIPP celebrates the breakthrough and then continues to rigorously look at what is missing now. This ensures that the progress and momentum is continually maintained, while honoring the successes at hand.
Currently, a new historical narrative has been created which is designed to honor and be acceptable to both peoples. This narrative was generated through weekly conferences with mainstream representatives from both sides, and is ready for review by Israeli and Palestinian historians. What unfolded during the sometimes stormy sessions was an extraordinary braiding of the two opposite and contradictory historical narratives.
This new narrative, when accepted by the Israeli and Palestinian mainstreams, will transform the source of the conflict.
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