This ad by Barak Internet services is about an Israeli man sitting down to play backgammon in an Arab country with a friend; a poignant hope for peace, someday. (via Free Cedar)
Barak is referring to the blog exchanges that occurred during the Hezbollah/Israel war. Bloggers in both countries continued to talk and began to discover a common humanity. An excellent piece by Lisa Goldman in the Jewish Quarterly recounts her experiences with this, the good and the bad. A very good read.
Both Free Cedar and Lisa are now part of the Good Neighbors blog that I have mentioned.
Speaking of peace and so on, there's been more action on the front to shift the world's attention to Darfur. We Blog for Darfur is a new initiative in that direction.
Yehuda
