Aziz Abu Sarah

rdf:langString Aziz Abu Sarah

rdf:langString Aziz Abu Sarah

rdf:langString Aziz Abu Sarah

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rdf:langString Peace activism, international conflict resolution

rdf:langString Tour operator, journalist

rdf:langString I believe that if you're not doing something, then you accept reality, and if you accept reality, then you agree with the fact that the only solution is for us to keep killing each other. It's hard for me to understand how you can accept something like that. One should do whatever he or she can to change the situation. Even if there is a tiny bit of hope, I think it is better to try to do something than sit there and do nothing.

rdf:langString When all you do is boycott the elections, you're doing Israel a favour. You're giving Israel a blank check to do whatever it wants in our city.

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rdf:langString -Aziz Abu Sarah

rdf:langString Aziz Abu Sarah (Arabic: عزيز ابو سارة, Hebrew: עזיז אבו סארה; b. 1980) is a Palestinian peace activist, journalist, social entrepreneur and politician. After watching his brother die of internal injuries subsequent to being released from an Israeli jail following a year-long detention for stone throwing, Abu Sarah first turned to anti-Israel political writing. After high school, he learned Hebrew and joined an Israeli-Palestinian families bereavement organization, and began lecturing against violent activism in schools. Abu Sarah co-founded the alternative tour company Mejdi with his Jewish friend Scott Cooper, which gives different perspectives on any given point of interest to tourists in various multi-cultural locales. He later received recognition for his conflict resolution work in such disparate places as Colombia and Afghanistan. He has advocated for better political representation and living conditions for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem through his association with political advisor Gershon Baskin.