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Peaceful Business in Israel

BNI Galilee Chapter's recent Guest Breakfast

BNI Israel thanks Dr. Misner and Mr. Sam Schwartz for coming to Israel and sharing their uplifting experiences.

Their visit inspired our multi-faith group. Our branch in Misgav includes Jewish, Arab and Christian members. BNI makes a very real contribution to peace in the Middle East. Here are some examples:

1) Voices of Eden creates stress release music that is medically researched in a hospital serving a 50% Jewish/50% Arab population. It has been proven to reduce heart rate, blood pressure, increase focus and quality of sleep on both populations. The musicians of the project are Jewish and Arab.

2) Eldad Garfunkle, our branch leader, who is Jewish, has a business designing websites in Arabic. His business began through a friendship made with one of the parents in his son's Jewish/Arab school. The parent asked him to design a site in Arabic, and they ended up business partners.

3) Yesterday morning, our photographer member requested leads to the Bedouin — nomadic Arabs of the Negev desert. He intends to produce a documentary and market it to National Geographic. I have personal contacts with the leaders of a few Bedouin communities in the Negev. There were two other people who also offered him help.

Make no mistake about it - Peace DOES exist in the Middle East. It is alive and well in the Galilee chapter of BNI! True success is not made of money, but of people, one by one, successfully working side by side.

Submitted by Eliana Gilad, Founder, Voices of Eden, www.voicesofeden.com