Senator Hillary Clinton Group Promotes World Peace Through Women

I've always felt that if women, rather than men, held the majority of world power, there'd be much less deadly fighting, macho posturing and violent wars. Apparently Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) feels the same way.

From the Belfast Telegraph newspaper comes this obscure but wonderful story......Israeli and Arab women in Ulster for peace talks by Sean O'Driscoll in New York (30 May 2005)

"Arab and Israeli women are in Northern Ireland for talks about ending the Middle East conflict. The group, who were flying in yesterday, will visit Enniskillen, Derry and Belfast during their six-day visit.

The ten participants will meet with Northern Ireland community leaders to learn about conflict resolution ahead of Israeli's upcoming pull out from the Gaza Strip.

The group will be based at the Clinton Centre in Enniskillen and the trip is organised by Vital Voices, an international women's group closely associated with Senator Hilary Clinton. Vital Voices organised a similar trip for Arab and Israeli women in 2003.

Stella O'Leary, the president of the Irish American Democrats, is also helping to organise the visit and participants will be guests as a dinner hosted by the Fermanagh University Partnership Board.

The trip comes as violence has flared up in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian militants fired missiles at Jewish settlements in recent days and Israel forces responded with helicopter fire.

The recent violence stems from Israel's expected withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Palestinian anger that no definite date has been set."

Thank you, Senator Clinton, for actively working for peace.