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Larry Snider is the President of the Interfaith Community for Middle East Peace; ICMEP. He founded New Hope for Peace, a dialogue and educational forum in 2001 and is a member of the Greater Bucks County Peace Circle. He is author of numerous articles on the Middle East peace process. Larry has traveled extensively in Israel and the West Bank and developed the Delaware Valley Interfaith Delegation to Israel/Palestine that traveled together to meet politicians, peace activists, settlers, refugees, academics and victims of the conflict in March 2008 in partnership with Leah Green, Director of the Compassionate Listening Project. The delegation including Muslim, Christian and Jewish clergy and lay leaders returned to share all they heard with more than 150 audiences throughout the Philadelphia region and to build ICMEP.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Making Peace in a Messy World (1 comments)
In a time of dynamic change Middle East Peace is caught between the velocity and the barriers erected by the principals. It is necessary to see beyond all of that to the countless efforts to build bridges happening every day by people and organizations on the ground working tirelessly on behalf of peace. We must open our eyes and ears and hearts to understand and make peace the work of everyone.
Monday, October 10, 2011 Fairy Tales, Death and Middle East Peace (3 comments)
Middle East Peace will remain a dream until the people of Israel and Palestine each engage the other in a conversation that enables them to hear the other well enough to move beyond the pain and fear and anger to accept each other as human beings with needs and rights in place of simply as the enemy.
Friday, July 15, 2011 Playing Chicken with the American Dream (2 comments)
Government and the American people had better learn to get along before it is too late
Sunday, July 3, 2011 Building Trust + Security = A Framework for PEACE (1 comments)
Middle East Peace is stuck between unilateral initiatives by both sides and large scale popular disbelief in its availability. Trust must be re-established and timing is critical. Accordingly, I present a tradeoff that costs each side dearly but offers something each side desperately wants. The other vital process is to begin a program of national conversations on both sides to help reinvigorate interest in peace.
Monday, April 18, 2011 Is the CHANGE We Dreamed of Possible? (6 comments)
Looking back as well as forward on the expectations and accomplishments of our President.
Sunday, March 27, 2011 History, the National Interest and R2P (1 comments)
Navigating the costs and benefits of Obama and the United States taking a leadership role re Libya while recognizing US history, its responsibilities and relationship to genocide.
Saturday, October 23, 2010 Making Peace With Friendly Enemies (3 comments)
Israeli/Palestinian peace can no longer be a dream for the future. It is now an essential component of a secure Middle East and a secure world.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Where do we go from nowhere? (1 comments)
Where do we go from nowhere? Middle East Peace requires the creation of a new framework for peace that involves placing the same final status issues and general understanding of the outcomes on a larger and more secure domestic and international foundation.
Friday, September 24, 2010 Making Peace Inevitable (3 comments)
Going beyond the three party Middle East Peace talks by enfranchising the peace process through the most active and necessary involvement of the international community and the additional support of many new coalitions.
Monday, June 28, 2010 One Memory of Senator Robert Byrd (4 comments)
Remembering Senator Robert Byrd and his opposition to the War in Iraq.
Saturday, June 26, 2010 Resolving the Gaza Crisis (6 comments)
The resolution of the Gaza crisis involves an acceptance of responsibility by the international community and its active participation in determining the future of the people of Gaza and the warring parties through its agreement to establish an international peacekeeping force with the teeth to do the job that is necessary.
Friday, May 28, 2010 A Tough Time To Support Israel (4 comments)
A look at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the increasingly toxic image of Israel and a larger solution.
Monday, May 17, 2010 American Jewish Dialogue on Israel? (4 comments)
A debate on Israel and Middle East peace by two well known leaders in the Jewish community.
Saturday, January 3, 2009 Gaza & the Cost of Hopelessness
Gaza and the cost of the hopelessness of both the Palestinian and Israeli people. It is a cost that is growing daily in lives lost and opportunities neglected.....
Thursday, October 30, 2008 A Little Political Reality
Looking smack at the election, the candidates and the holy mess our country is in.
Thursday, September 25, 2008 Politics and Economics
A look at the candidates, the campaign and the impact of the economic crisis.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 OpEdNews Covers the AIPAC Policy Conference (20 comments)
How does an old fashioned Jewish liberal deal with the reality, read through the lines and make sense of what AIPAC actually does?
An analysis of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference in Washington, the role of the Israel lobby and the path to Middle East peace.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 AIPAC, ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS (8 comments)
A Look inside the AIPAC Conference at the words of John McCain and other speakers and at the orientation of the members.
Sunday, May 25, 2008 A War Without Winners (4 comments)
A look at the deteriorating situation between Israel, Palestine and its Neighbors
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Is Middle East Peace Possible? (2 comments)
This article provides an introduction to the Delaware Valley Interfaith Delegation To Israel/Palestine and connects our mission of understanding and peacemaking to the readers of OpEd News. Articles will follow on a daily basis as the delegation travels across Israel and Palestine.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Hillary, Barack & John (10 comments)
A look at the leading candidates for President through the eyes of a seasoned political handicapper.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 The World Says No to Israeli Occupation (1 comments)
The struggle for Palestinian rights goes to Washington with a rally and march for justice on the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War. Interviews, visuals and the emergence of a new pro-Palestinian coalition.
Friday, May 4, 2007 Is Peace Possible In Hebron? (4 comments)
Understanding the conflict in Hebron through the voices of residents, activists and government officials. Searching for signs of hope and the possibility for peace.
