William Ury
TEDx Midwest Talk October 2010
Solutions to peace: actions as a surrounding community to any conflict
Living with Saan Bushmen
One person hides the poison arrows
The community comes together and talks for days until there is resolution or reconciliation
Or people are placed with family in order to cool off
The Third Side : the surrounding community (Them v. Us + Community)
Remind the parties what is at stake
Easy to loose sight of things, we are reactionary beings
Need to “go to the balcony” get perspective for a distance
Where is the third side in the Palestine?
Stories Matter
Are the key, keeping us engaged in this conflict
What is the story here?
Origin story, 4,000 years ago Abe walked across the dessert
A message of Unity, family and of all things
Respect and kindess to strangers, hospitality
The symbolic 3rd side
Retrace the footsteps of the third side, gain the balcony perspective
Walking from Urfa, to Haran, Alepo, Damascus, Ajloun, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and to Hebron
The Abraham Path
Terrorism
Taking a stranger who is treated as an enemy who you kill to create fear
Hospitality
Taking a stranger who is treats as a friend who you treat well to create hope
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