THE GENERAL'S SON

Miko Peled is a peace activist who dares to say in public what others still choose to deny. Born in Jerusalem in 1961 into a well known Zionist family, his grandfather, Dr. Avraham Katsnelson was a Zionist leader and signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His Father, Matti Peled, was a young officer in the war of 1948 and a general in the war of 1967 when Israel conquered the West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights and Sinai.
Miko's unlikely opinions reflect his father's legacy. General Peled was a war hero turned peacemaker.
Miko grew up in Jerusalem, a multi-ethnic city, but had to leave Israel before he made his first Palestinian friend, the result of his participation in a dialogue group in California. He was 39.
On September 4, 1997 the beloved Smadar, 13, the daughter of Miko's sister Nurit and her husband Rami Elhanan was killed in a suicide attack.
Peled insists that Israel/Palestine is one state—the separation wall notwithstanding, massive investment in infrastructure, towns and highways that bisect and connect settlements on the West Bank, have destroyed the possibility for a viable Palestinian state. The result, Peled says is that Israelis and Palestinians are governed by the same government but live under different sets of laws.
At the heart of Peled's conclusion lies the realization that Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace as equals in their shared homeland.

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News & Politics

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• israel
• palestine
• refugees
• militia
• egypt
• war
• gaza
• resistance
• rockets
• suicide bombing
• reconciliation

[ismaeelh]

Brilliant. Previous oppressive regimes have fallen because of people power and Israel will be no different. Lets hope it is sooner rather than later.

[zigarela]

There are many, many righteous Jews who support freedom for the Palestinians. How many of us in America feel powerless to stop the killing going on in foreign lands done by American forces? Thank God, some brave people, such as this man, are not afraid to put their lives on the line to fight injustice. May God bless them all. I have no idea if a God exists but if IT does IT will bless these brave souls.

[jjs110]

@elainemeyrial. You are poorly informed. Hamas won the Palestinian elections in 2006, yes, but it lost all legitimacy when it staged a coup d'état the following year and seized Gaza by force, killing 350 Palestinian Fatah members in the process. It's not only a terrorist organization, it's also a genocidal movement and an Islamic fundamentalist group that keeps repeating that it will never recognize Israel. You and your rabbi need to wake up and drop the rose-colored glasses.

[jjs110]

@thedwork. No, because before they develop these technologies (applicable to China and Turkey, among others), we need a technology that stops Palestinian terrorists from obsessively killing innocent people and destroying what they are incapable of building themselves.

[jjs110]

@TheDarknetlord. You won't. It does not exist. I'll believe it only when I see it. It's been announced for years, and it's still not there...

[jjs110]

@berlinbueso This book has been "announced" for the last four years. Now you can buy an "advance copy". Be sure to keep your receipt. You'll need it to demand and get a refund two years from now. I've never seen such a lengthy phony announcement in my life.

[catch22112]

/watch?v=LN0Zb7ody_U

[nollem41]

every country has it's peacemakers-not many listen..

[nicco47]

God bless the peacemakers...Shalom to you Miko Peled.