The Arc

 The arc A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State produced by the Rand Corporation. It is a giant leap in the right direction into finding a peaceful solution in the Palestinian-Israeli crisis. It is a ten year plan to develop the West Bank one day connecting it to Gaza. It addresses many of the problems the people of Palestine face in forming a viable state. Only with a prospers Palestinian society that resembles the society of the State of Israel will the people of both societies have any real security. 

They spent more than 3 million dollars and four years in the development of this plan. It is a thirty-three billion dollar plan over ten years that addresses the Palestinian issues of transportation, housing, education, commerce, justice and the contiguity of the State of Palestine. It is a very comprehensive plan creating a clear image of a much better way of life for the Palestinian people. Restoring their dignity and hope for a better future for their children is the best first steps towards peace.

This is the link to an 8 minute and 35 minute video outlining the Arc.The Arc: A Formal Structure For a Palestinian State | RAND 

http://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2008/08/26/the_arc.html 

Here is a link to the Rand Corporation’s web page to the Arc Reach Brief. There is a link to the full outline version of the Arc at the bottom of the page.

The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State | RAND  http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9119/index1.html

These are two links of Doug Sulsman presentation of the Arc at the J Street YMCA New York, NY.  

THE ARC AT J STREET Part 1.mov - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5DMHSDPLS4 

THE ARC AT J STREET Part 2.mov - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztM-9O1KBQg&feature=related

There is no way to peace, peace is the way. The Arc is the way for long term peace to become a reality in the Palestinian/Israeli crisis. The challenges are to make the Arc a reality that more people can see, as well as working out the full implementation of the Arc’s plan. The earlier more people get behind a plan like the Arc the sooner it could become a reality. Everyone should write to their elected representatives letting them know about the Arc and your support of the plan. Who could not support such a plan of a way to peace as the arc. Global Crier 

Cameron

I noticed your conference and believe we have some tools you might find helpful.

UNESCO gave us seed funds to launch a Social community and education workshop call ""I am Africa. This is my story..." http://i-am-the-story.ning.com. When doing the the digital story telling workshops in African the reason why this generation is rebelling again colonial and dictatorial system became obvious in the collaborative nature of cell and Internet technology. We were invited to do one lecture in the National University of Lesostho and back again for five times. 

As a result we build a train-the-trainer program for people the Organization of African Youth.

Perhaps there is a way we could team up.

Feel free to contact me at rclose@richardclose.info

Richard Close

Hi

   I am from Nepal with peace and youth activist.I am also president of my NGO "Go On peace" www.goonpeace.blogspot.com ,i would like to cooperate with  your organization and do the activities in Nepal.I hope you will give me more suggetions.Thank you.

Best Regards

Bishnu

Kathmandu,Nepal

Dear Cameron,

Nice to meet you at peace network. We can be good partners on similar causes.