This is a letter from Ale Yarok, or the Green Leaf Party, in Israel. After the most recent Israeli election, Cannabis Culture proposed a unique peace & cannabis conference between potheads of both the Islamic community and the Jewish community in the middle east.

Recent events make this kind of 'alternatives to war' conference all the more urgent.

Our Christmas issue is optimistically titled 'Peace & Pot In Our Time' and we are hoping to carry messages of peace through political and peaceful action.

Dear Marc Emery,

Ale Yarok has been working very hard to organize the first Israeli-Arab Joint Conference on Drugs Policy and Peace for October 2006. We are currently in the process of choosing the space from two excellent options: Hebrew University or the Society for the Profection of Nature headquarters. Our speakers' list is coming together nicely and includes a variety of both Israeli and Arab participants. In regards to your question, we are in communication with an Arab feminist activist, an Arab journalist for the prominent Israel newspaper, Haaretz, as well as an Israeli-Arab parliament member who have all expressed interest in taking part in this exciting project. Finally, we are exploring the possibility of inviting Ethan Nadleman as a guest speaker.

Our progress in organizing this event is in thanks to your very generous promise of $5000. In order to confirm the space, our speakers, as well as inviting guests from abroad, these funds are required. Would it be possible for you to transfer this money to Ale Yarok as soon as possible?

We deeply appreciate this contribution and we will be happy to recognize Cannabis Culture Magazine as our primary sponsor during the event and on all event publications. We want you to know that we are thinking of you in this difficult time, and we hope that your situation will allow you to attend the event.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Ohad Shem-Tov

Chairman

P.O.Box 2901, Jerusalem 91028, Israel | Email: ohad@ale-yarok.org.il | tel: +972-54-4890360

Don't forget the peace pipe.

I see the Bush and Israeli's attacking the rescue of Americans from Lebanon.

Talking is always better then the Bush beaters way.

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I've always said that marijuana would be the solution to peace in the middle east. Too bad "Conservative" extremists on both sides of the world hate peace too much to consider that a possiblity.

I hope jah comes down on isreal and lebannon with smoke and makes everyone high put there shit into perspective.