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Friend me for peace!: Ronny Edry at TEDxHIT

2,716 views · Published 6 May 2014 · 13:25 · Indexed 10 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Can a single Facebook Friendship make peace in the world?
Ronny Edry, a TEDx Veteran, believes it will  and Calls out to the world to join his movement and start the first ever peace process initiated by...Facebook.


Ronny Edry from Israel created ThePeaceFactory.org , an online movement for peace in the Middle East when he posted a Facebook poster that declared "Iranians, we will never bomb your country."
Ronny Edry is a graphic designer, teacher, and father. In March 2012 one of his posters garnered international attention. The image showed himself and his daughter, along with the words "Iranians, we will never bomb your country. We heart you". The poster became a catalyst for dialogue between people of nations on the brink of war, starting an online movement a bridge of communication for peace that expanded in the whole region: Israel, Iran, Palestine, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Syria... giving "the enemy" a voice, a face. Ronny believes that creative people have a role to play for making a change that Peace has to be Viral.


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