Virtual peace confab held on Facebook
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A virtual peace conference for Jewish and Arab young leaders was held on Facebook.
The Jan. 23 conference was sponsored by the YaLa Young Leaders’ group, which seeks to promote dialogue among Israelis, Palestinians and Americans, and the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv. The YaLa Facebook page has more than 50,000 “likes,” mostly from the Middle East.
Participants gathered in a virtual conference hall using a Facebook software program. Each participant had an avatar that could walk around and interact with the other participants. The conference included taped comments from Israeli President Shimon Peres, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. — jta
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