My post A Recipe for Peace Pie has some additional answers.

The project will be a symbolic one because it should serve as a model for other such projects around the world. We want to transform a few scattered projects out there into a movement for change.

I want the first such product to be about green energy, since such a product would resonate at a time when people around the world are thinking about transitioning to a more sustainable form of energy. I am consulting with two leading universities in Israel, and trying to figure out which product would work best scientifically, and commercially.

The factory workers should be Palestinian. These would be good paying jobs. We want to give people a place at the table, a stake in their future, and good paying green technology jobs would be a good way to do that. Such jobs would go a long way to restoring Arab pride.

The managers will not just be Israeli, but would be a consortium of Palestinian and Israeli entrepreneurs. I get what you mean that simply Israeli managers would be demeaning. We are trying to sell a vision of hope, not demean people. So we have to become sensitive to that sort of thing.

In terms of young entrepreneurs working from both sides of the green line to create the project, that sounds great to me. They may have to discuss things by video conferencing at first, but that’s OK. Soon enough, if things work out, the wall/fence will come down, and corporate meetings could take place face to face.

Financing, in my opinion, will not be as difficult as it may seem at first glance. There are people out there sitting on a lot of money, and in search of a legacy to leave behind. I know of such people. What better legacy is there then young people, on both sides of the fence, coming together as entrepreneurs, to create a project, that resonates with hope, that creates green energy jobs, that helps to sustain the environment, that grows our economies, and that helps to stem the tide of ideological hate and extremism. I am talking with such wealthy individuals as we speak, and they’re not saying “NO”.

I would prefer to obtain some Saudi financing as well, becaue this is a symbolic project, and Saudi financing would say to the world that oil profits will be used to create green profits, that oil economies will grow with green jobs, that oil rich countries are willing to diversify their investments, and that good paying jobs will be used to inspire people with a vision of hope, not hate.

If you have any contacts for me, that would be a blessing. My idea is a little out there right now, but I see hints in the air that people may be coming around, and that such a project may well be the only way to go.

This example is exactly what has to happen between Israelis and Palestinians, but on a much larger scale. I, for one, want to open a factory in the West Bank, which will be built by Palestinian and Israeli entrepreneurs, who will then hire and train Palestinian workers, to produce a green energy product of some sort. Saudi financing would be the icing on the cake.

Such a project, if successful, would likely attract worldwide attention, and would attract additional investment dollars for more such projects, and for more such green technology jobs. Such a project would say to the world that a Vision of Hope could be made real if people of good will simply choose to make it so. And pretty soon, a single project could grow to become a movement for change. In this way you would be conditioning people for the possibility of peace, instead of jumping to the peace table without having much to say to one another.