This week, the first ever Facebook peace conference will include
representatives from the Arab world and from Israel and is being
promoted by the Peres Center for Peace and the Yalla Palestine
Initiative. Thousands of young Jewish and Arab activists from across
the Middle East plan to participate in the peace conference on
Facebook. To name a few: President Shimon Peres, US Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and
actress Sharon Stone, are set to address the virtual gathering. Uri
Savir, Director of the Peres Center for Peace, a sponsor of the
Facebook group said that the purpose of the conference is to shape the
agenda for the Middle East's next generation with regards to the
region's future. Today, the initiative has 37,000 members on its page.



