"The Path Forward": Palestinian and Israeli Activists Working Toward Peace Featured in New Film

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The Path Forward is a new documentary that weaves together the voices of Palestinians and Israelis in their efforts for peace and reconciliation. The short film features the stories of Israeli and Palestinian peace activists who have worked together before and after October 7 and Israel's relentless war on Gaza. We play excerpts from The Path Forward and speak to one of the activists featured, Aziz Abu Sarah, as well as to co-director Julie Cohen. "People who believe that war is the only way, what scares them the most is people who are modeling a different future," says Abu Sarah. "Our route to freedom is a joint route."
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[@sasachiminesh1204]

We are meant to live in harmony with all beings. Peace is the way.

[@cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471]

Peace and love

[@Chunmeista]

Great thoughts good vibes but not sure how that's going to magically happen while an imperial and exploitative US remains in power

[@TheZenGarden_]

Fyi; The world has been going the wrong direction since the fall of man, peace in this world is just a pie in the sky pipe dream for dreamers. ⌛

[@mara260766]

Justice first then peace

[@TheZenGarden_]

@@mara260766 Genesis 15:12-14 ⌛🎻

[@stephanieking4444]

Projects such as "the path forwards" need to be discussed more often in the news everywhere, so the world realises that it is possible to support solutions that do not involve hate, divisions, wars and weapon dealers making money.

[@ss-hm4ug]

But they never will ..the greedy politicians and rich want war ....not peace so they fuel the fire . The people have to be strong . Stand for humanity..peace and safety for all

[@domo3552]

So inspiring. The Path Forward should be broadcast everywhere for everyone to see that there is a way ahead together. We all bleed the same colour, cry the same tears, but we also smile the same smiles, laugh the same laughs and and share the same hopes and dreams. Its been too long since I watched a news feature about these traumatic times we're living through that offered such a powerful message that we should never give up on Hope. 🙏❤

[@hitreset0291]

Sadly it only takes One person One nation One people to spoil peace and harmony.

[@aethorodbarg4330]

Empathy,compassion,respect,tolerance powerful tools to create peace....

[@mara260766]

Justicia

[@aethorodbarg4330]

@@mara260766 of course,I totally agree.

[@Bearwoman11]

I saw a beautiful movie yesterday called white bird. And it has such a powerful message about kindness and peace

[@AmorDivino-e5q]

May Peace and Love prevail on Earth ❤

[@KingMob.]

A lot of decent, moral & kind Israelis out there. Living in Israel. Plenty of Palestinians and Gazans that also long to live in peace with their Israeli neighbours.

[@SikanderG]

Very few. Most Israelis are sick.

[@POONANI-m2r]

@@SikanderG You are the problem

[@christinaabd]

Thank you for those behind this beautiful documentary. It means a lot to see some Israelis and Palestinians coming together for peace 🙏🏼♥️

[@zombiehampster1397]

I remember watching a documentary when I was a kid about Israeli and Palestinian kids trying to associate with one another as a project of some kind, and it was just heartbreaking that even the kids could not put aside the walls between the two people. They don't have to hate or kill one another, no one does or should, and yet here we are. There will be no peace without some kind of compromise on both sides and no one will be 100% satisfied, but if it creates a peace between the two people that can be enforced, then it would be worth it to see a generation of Israeli and Palestinian children not bearing the scars of war.

[@naomidoner9803]

I saw this documentary too... seems like so long ago

[@jo-annerichardson34]

@@naomidoner9803 I did too and what it showed is young pre-kindergartners had none of the problems with each other. They played and laughed as little lose do that haven't been indoctrinated with suspicion and hate of the 'other'.

[@meandwhosearmy5680]

If this was shown at night on major networks in the US we'd have peace tomorrow and it would spread everywhere.

[@AvaLynn.v.A.]

I stand with Palestine. That doesn't mean that I don't stand with every Israeli who rejects their country's far-right-extremist government and genocide. Love, from Munich ❤❤❤❤ Btw: The German government is 100% complicit in this genocide, I know. And I'm sorry.

[@andrewreynolds912]

As a socialist gen z American, I agree I stand with both of those

[@ronypinzon4578]

Yes you missed the point.. stand for peace and regime changes. Stop fighting Iranian cause.

[@liemir]

@@ronypinzon4578 What? What does Iran have to do with Israel's 76 years of brutal oppression, colonization, dispossession, and dehumanization of Palestinians? Is Iran committing a genocide in Gaza? Is Iran mass murdering and terrorizing civilians in Lebanon? Jesus, so sick of willfully ignorant, heartless people like yourself. And it's you who "missed the point".

[@hitreset0291]

​@@ronypinzon4578 yes israeli regime change 100% Plenty of American tax dollars for israel's children eliminating war machine. But No American tax dollars for Americans in need. Why?

[@ArleeStarr]

@@ronypinzon4578 God bless Iran and Palestine. God bless Lebanon and Yemen. God bless Syria and Iraq

[@lampisarkalos7859]

ΚΑΛΗΣΠΕΡΑ ΚΥΡΙΑ ΓΚΟΝΤΜΑΝ,ΣΑΣ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΜΕ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΓΚΥΡΗ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗ!! ΚΑΛΗ ΣΑΣ ΕΒΔΟΜΑΔΑ ΜΕ ΥΓΕΙΑ!!!!!!

[@noorpath9127]

“The Punishment of Gaza ”. Book by Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, May 17 2010. Levy Gideon shows how the brutality at the heart of Israel’s occupation of Palestine has found its most complete expression to date in the collective punishment of Gaza’s residents

[@anxiouscucumber9]

Bless and protect these good, brave people ❤ thank you all for what you do and stand for ❤

[@grzegorzgreg09]

Palestine Palestine Palestine!❤

[@elainejbaskin4255]

Powerful- we need to see this film feel this and act on this

[@atarsy4390]

Thank you to all the makers of this film and those sharing its story with the world

[@fernanda.vancouver]

Aziz and family 💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@aibekesenov2289]

Sehr wichtige Beitrag um Menschen zu informieren

[@rickschulze4529]

Amazing this is the ONLY video I've seen trying to show a path forward. Thank you to the filmmakers for their insightful and brave work!

[@nutmegriot209]

the people with the money aren’t paying for peace to happen. i don’t think they pay for anything good

[@Chicag343]

Our heart our soul our thoughts with Palestinians people's and Lebanese people's and always be

[@emiliobello2538]

I call dibs on this film

[@skysky1977]

Kudos to this channel for promoting peace. Human beings like to differentiate themselves from others, whether through social status , race, religion or nationality. But at the end of day, we are all earthlings living in the planet earth. When we learn how to forgive each other and learn how to co-exist, then the world will be a better place . I'm sure Allah or Jesus wouldn't want to see us fighting each other.

[@bebikhan8412]

Praying for peace ✌️ 🙏🙏🙏

[@francesscully1071]

God Bless and protect all of you. I hope someday to join you and sing with you. You are the hope for humanity-the only hope.

[@leannefranson1198]

Brilliant. Gives me hope.

[@fernanda.vancouver]

💜💜💜💜💜💜 Maoz Inon and family 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Maryann720]

The POWER of GOD and the POWER of PRAYER!!!

[@frankie_goestohollywood]

🙏🤲🙌✌️🙌🤲🙏 Please, we need prayers for peace between both sides. It’s the ONLY way 🙏 Just divide the land in half and end this nightmare 🙏

[@ramstrong1961]

Judge Napolitano & Alastair Crooke - The Middle East One year after October 7th 2023

[@stanford86nada]

Would have Jews in Poland in Auschwitz’s death camp in 1942 be open to a path forward - would their family and loved ones across the world be open to it… I am at awe of the Palestinians - truly those are the chosen people and I think we all seem to have been brainwashed out of the clear and obvious

[@noemiarias9669]

The best thing is to strive for peace. “Blessed are the peace seekers” Jesus Christ said when he was on earth🙏❤️

[@MahsaSara]

⚖"In this building, on a cold Wednesday afternoon, 10 March 1948, a group of eleven men, veteran Zio--nist leaders together with young military Jewish officers, put the final touches to a plan for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine."🕊💔

[@sparrowhawk81]

I can't trust someone who made a movie about rbg

[@nadjaallam4617]

❤

[@smokindauberdoo4208]

🙏😇✌️❤️

[@ss-hm4ug]

Where can we see this folm.?

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

_Vote this way in November:_ *2 of 2. This is how you always need to vote-* We must fully criticize and _always vote_ *against* (& less authoritarian than) both the Democratic *and* Republican Parties- including *Trump,* RFK Jr., Vivek Ramaswamy, Rand Paul (He’s _no_ Ron Paul), Thomas Massie, Warren Davidson, Ron Johnson, and all other Republicans. Vote in every single election- at all levels. And also _endorse or anti-endorse,_ in all elections you can, for outside your voting jurisdiction. For _all_ public positions. And this same strategy applies against the same one or more party-monopolies in _all_ countries worldwide. Real libertarians will never be Republicans or Republican loyalists. Never vote for _any_ Democratic member or loyalist either. If no candidates for a position fit that bill: -Where _write-ins_ are permissible, always write-in an anti-authoritarian person; -Where write-ins aren’t permissible, always vote uncommitted or leave the ballot blank. This will continuously reduce the power of _all_ authoritarian parties in the party monopolies: Until our task is complete. Repeat strategy for all new authoritarian parties that emerge.

[@ArleeStarr]

Vote against genocide and fascism! Stein/Ware 2024! Green Party for all other elected offices 2024!

[@curtrice1264]

Each Middle Eastern Country, has its own religion. I also have my oun religion. I genuflect to Mother 👩 Earth 🌎 ❤. I love my religious brothers and sisters, as my oun .🌈🥰🙏😍

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

_Vote this way in November:_ *1 of 2. This is how you always should vote-* We must fully criticize and _always vote_ *against* (& less authoritarian than) both the Republican *and* Democratic Parties- including *Tim Walz, Kamala Harris,* AOC, all of the squad, Bernie Sanders, Edward Markey, Mark Pocan, the justice democrats, & all other democrats. Vote in every single election- at all levels. And also _endorse or anti-endorse,_ in all elections you can, for outside your voting jurisdiction. For _all_ public positions. And this same strategy applies against the one or more party-monopolies in _all_ countries worldwide. Real progressives will never be Democratic Members or Democratic loyalists. Never vote for _any_ Republican member or loyalist either. If no candidates for a position fit that bill: -Where _write-ins_ are permissible, always write-in an anti-authoritarian person; -Where write-ins aren’t permissible, always vote uncommitted or leave the ballot blank. This will continuously reduce the power of _all_ authoritarian parties in the party monopolies: Until our task is complete. Repeat strategy for all new authoritarian parties that emerge.

[@cheryllines4106]

JILL STEIN ONLY ANTI GENOCIDE VOTE - THE OTHER 2 WARMONGERING PARTIES FULL OF FOREIGN AGENTS & TRAITORS 2 HUMANITY 👹🇮🇱🇺🇸👹!

[@ArleeStarr]

Vote against genocide and fascism! Stein/Ware 2024! Green Party for all other elected offices 2024!

[@ZeroGods4595]

GenocideJoe 😢

[@ArleeStarr]

Hollow cost Harris😢 Vote against genocide and fascism! Stein/Ware 2024! Green Party for all other elected offices 2024!

[@NPCONSULTING247-jy3pz]

How did they come trough the best surveilled border on earth where a cat would have been detected?

[@marcillioficino4663]

Just like the video cameras outside Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell malfunctioned during his death.🤔

[@organboi]

Because it was encouraged. (Or planned with Israel's secret assistance) Israel absolutely KNEW Hamas fighters were up to something major. They were told by soldiers at the fence days and weeks before but did nothing. They wanted it to happen.

[@ArleeStarr]

Somebody left the door open on purpose?

[@buddadavid480]

Stop all wars

[@georgemetesky5519]

Tell Khameni and Cheney.

[@00govan00]

Not one of the more popular videos for Democracy Now. hmmmm

[@YetiYeti-u9x]

Apa bila tidak ada kejadian7 oktober mata dunia pasti buta n tertutup dengan nasib palestina dalam beberapa dekade.pengorbanan adalah awal dari perubahan n bukti nyata dimsta dunia 1 terakhir ini.merdeka palestin

[@MyGoalisJannah]

How can Israel use young women, and men who need their future ahead of them to go for war which they can’t even fight their very young they have all the life to live. If I was parents I wouldn’t allow this for my child to go and die for nothing they go and kill their neighbours, it is very sad to see that young girls caring heavy guns which they can’t even carry them sad very sad to see that they should be at school or universities. I can’t believe this.

[@SajidKhan-jg8bk]

😭😭😭😢😢😢💔💔💔🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🤲🤲🤲❤️❤️❤️🍉🍉🍉

[@Yqvsggjjhyf]

I am your sister from Yemen, and by Allah I only spoke out of hunger and distress. My mother, my brothers, and I lessons and tears. We are in a situation that only God knows about. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs for those who broughtOh people, we are your sisters, by God 😭😭😭 We do not even find a loaf of bread inside the house that would satisfy you, oh nation of Muhammad. People are brothers. Oh God, make your righteous servants subservient to us. Oh God, make your righteous servants subservient to us. My appeal to every Muslim, oh Lord, if he sees this message, may He prolong his life, make him happy, and cover him. May God reward him. God is sufficient for me, and He is the best disposer of affairs. There is no power or strength except with God. Oh people, oh nation of Muhammad, oh people of goodness, oh people of mercy. We are your sisters and your children. By God, we do not even find a loaf of bread inside the house that would satisfy you. Oh nation of Muhammad, I only spoke out of extreme hunger and distress. My mother, sisters, and I are displaced from our homes because of the war. We are in a state that no one knows about except God. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs, against those who brought us to this state 💔💔 By God Almighty, I only wrote this appeal out of extreme poverty and poverty, oh people. I beg you by God Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, that I do not have food at home. By God, my brothers and sisters have been sitting around for two days. Without food, by God our situation is very difficult, we are 6 people in the house and my father passed away and there is no one to support us and we live in a rented house and we cannot pay the rest of the rent. I am not lying to you nor deceiving you nor cheating you. I am a Yemeni girl displaced because of the war between me and my family over a rent dispute and the owner of the house. By God, my brother comes every day and humiliates us and talks about us and wants us to go out to the street because we are unable to pay him the rent. The neighbors saw us crying and talked to the neighbors again and gave us a deadline until the end of the week and we swore to God to let us out of the street now we are in arrears of 60 thousand Yemeni riyals for 3 months rent may God have mercy on us our country is suffering because of this war and we do not find our daily sustenance and we live my mother and sisters our father passed away may God have mercy on him and we do not have anyone in the world to come to us in these harsh circumstances my little sisters went out to the street and saw the neighbors eating and stood at their door giving them even a piece of bread and by God in whose hand is the heavens and the earth they closed the door and kicked them out and they came back crying dying of hunger no one has mercy on them and now the holiday has come back to me if no one of us helps us with a kilo of flour by God we will die of hunger brother I seek refuge in God and then in you and I want your help for the sake of God I ask you by God you love goodness and help me even if it is about the rent of the house send me a WhatsApp message on this number+967،730869535 and ask for my card name and send it and do not delay may God compensate you with all good My little sisters, look at their situation and help us and save us before they throw us out into the street and humiliate us or my family and I die of hunger. We ask you by God, if you are able to help us, do not delay on us, and may God reward you with good.'~~_«%•&»v....,zy&😢😢😢😢;!~~~♡♡♡~~~♡~♡~•~•~•~,,•~♡..,,,,,.....؟؟؟؟؟؟؟

[@NPCONSULTING247-jy3pz]

Stop begging and get an online job !

[@marcillioficino4663]

Scam alert.

[@legojedi101]

Disappointed in Democracy Now. No peace can be made with occupiers

[@jihanabdurrafi1925]

The premise is that pathways to peace can be built with empathy and understanding, and *without* qualifiers.

[@cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471]

Philosophy YOU can’t fool all the people all the time -PaulTeich-©️10/31/2023 Get up stand up Stand up for your rights Get up stand up Please let’s end the fight We’re sick and tired of the ha-ting Let’s get together so we can sing We are one people we come from one place There’s no difference between us there is no race Get up stand up stand up for your rights Get up stand up Please, let’s end the fight He wants her water She wants his land Until they get together And put rings on their hands Get up stand up Stand up for your rights Get up stand up Please let’s end the fight Peace is free War costs too much We can’t see the people we bomb to bleed We all crave human touch Get up stand up Stand up for your rights Get up stand up It’s time to end the fight- Ting

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Remember, even _Noam Chomsky_ made the horrendous continuous-mistake of telling people to vote for Democrats. You have to fully oppose Noam Chomsky telling you that, _and also all these media “journalists” for the Ds or Rs of the duopoly._

[@jihanabdurrafi1925]

Are you being sarcastic?

[@NatashaStory-p6r]

Rodriguez Dorothy Anderson Karen Robinson Linda

[@bobacker3465]

Mealymouthed gibberish as usual.

[@MsMoonwillow]

💙🧡❤️

[@roey218]

How peace is achievable if a channel like you is supporting Hamas and against Israel existence?

[@ronypinzon4578]

Israel 🇮🇱 🇮🇱.

[@georgemetesky5519]

This peace film appears to be made entirely in Israel. Would such a film be made in Gaza, Syria, or any country controlled by jihadists? Are there peace groups in Ramallah? Peace marches in Gaza City or Yemen? How can there be peace if only one side allows peace activists?

[@liemir]

Have you ever been to Gaza, Syria, Yemen? Have you ever met Palestinians, Syrians, Yemeni's? This video is such a beautiful example of people coming together, seeing each other's humanity and not letting their differences divide each other, choosing not to focus on hatred, and you have to spoil it with your ignorant, bigoted, racist and Islamophobic bile (implying that Muslims are somehow not peaceful or tolerant, even when the video you're commenting on shows how wrong you are). It's people like you who make the world such an ugly place.

[@liemir]

PS I have lived in the Middle East and I can guarantee the Muslims I've met are amongst the most beautiful, generous, gentle people I've ever met. So take a hike with your racism, ignorance and bigotry.

[@ArleeStarr]

@@liemir It's a professional zio-troll. Racism and hate are what it does.

[@Mike-tx4vr]

No negotiations with terrorism

[@tmc6799]

So we shouldn't be talking to the Israeli government. I agree.

[@Mike-tx4vr]

@@tmc6799 as if they started it.

[@tmc6799]

@@Mike-tx4vr Israel was built on land stolen from the Palestinians, 3,000 or more men, women, and children are held as hostages in prison camps and hell hole jails, tortured, raped and murdered for DECADES. Yes, the Israeli government started it.

[@willysilly1691]

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