Celebrities. Tsk. 
God bless their naive little hearts.
Jen and Brad Want Peace
Wed Oct 29, 2:20 AM ET
By Sarah Hall
It's amazing what you can do with a little help from your Friends.
First-Friend Jennifer Aniston and hubby Brad Pitt think they might even have found the answer to peace in the Middle East.
Hollywood's golden couple has joined a group of celebrities lending their support to OneVoice, a grass-roots Mideast peace plan, whose catch phrase is "empowering the silent majority."
Translated, that means that advocates of the OneVoice plan believe that most people in the war-torn Middle East truly want peace, but are overpowered by the few extremists who won't back down from conflict. The plan is an initiative by the Peaceworks Foundation.
"The last few years of conflict mean that yet another generation of Israelis and Palestinians will grow up in hatred. We can not allow that to happen," Pitt and Aniston said in a joint statement on the OneVoice Website.
British tabloids reported that the Aniston-Pitts, as well as a host of other would-be peacemaking celeb members of OneVoice's Entertainment Council, were planning a journey to the Middle East to put their peace plan into play; however, Daniel Lubetsky, president and founder of the OneVoice intiative, says these reports are false.
"I cannot express my gratitude enough for the unwavering support of the many members of Entertainment Council but I can assure you that there are not any immediate plans for celebrities to travel to the Middle East," Lubetsky said in a statement.
Other Entertainment Council stars include Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito (news), Jason Alexander (news) and Edward Norton (news).
Though there are no plans to ship Brad and Jen overseas just yet, that's not to say a future mission of benevolence is completely out of the question.
"There will be six goodwill groups traveling to the Middle East to support Israeli and Palestinian people in their effort at achieving consensus for conflict resolution at the grass roots level over the next 18 months," Lubetsky stated, "but as a matter of policy, OneVoice does not disclose ahead of time any of the names of the many dignitaries, religious leaders, business leaders, celebrities and scholars that participate in the tours.
For now, the stylish stars have plenty going on at home.
Pitt has just finished shooting the Greek epic Troy, while Aniston is currently wrapping up the 10th and final season of Friends--which was shortened by a few episodes at the request of its stars.
Though Aniston's reps vehemently denied rampant reports that Friends filming was expedited to mesh with the Aniston-Pitt progeny deadline, the actress herself has indicated the couple will be going for a baby as soon as the series wraps in January 2004.
God bless their naive little hearts.Jen and Brad Want Peace
Wed Oct 29, 2:20 AM ET
By Sarah Hall
It's amazing what you can do with a little help from your Friends.
First-Friend Jennifer Aniston and hubby Brad Pitt think they might even have found the answer to peace in the Middle East.
Hollywood's golden couple has joined a group of celebrities lending their support to OneVoice, a grass-roots Mideast peace plan, whose catch phrase is "empowering the silent majority."
Translated, that means that advocates of the OneVoice plan believe that most people in the war-torn Middle East truly want peace, but are overpowered by the few extremists who won't back down from conflict. The plan is an initiative by the Peaceworks Foundation.
"The last few years of conflict mean that yet another generation of Israelis and Palestinians will grow up in hatred. We can not allow that to happen," Pitt and Aniston said in a joint statement on the OneVoice Website.
British tabloids reported that the Aniston-Pitts, as well as a host of other would-be peacemaking celeb members of OneVoice's Entertainment Council, were planning a journey to the Middle East to put their peace plan into play; however, Daniel Lubetsky, president and founder of the OneVoice intiative, says these reports are false.
"I cannot express my gratitude enough for the unwavering support of the many members of Entertainment Council but I can assure you that there are not any immediate plans for celebrities to travel to the Middle East," Lubetsky said in a statement.
Other Entertainment Council stars include Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito (news), Jason Alexander (news) and Edward Norton (news).
Though there are no plans to ship Brad and Jen overseas just yet, that's not to say a future mission of benevolence is completely out of the question.
"There will be six goodwill groups traveling to the Middle East to support Israeli and Palestinian people in their effort at achieving consensus for conflict resolution at the grass roots level over the next 18 months," Lubetsky stated, "but as a matter of policy, OneVoice does not disclose ahead of time any of the names of the many dignitaries, religious leaders, business leaders, celebrities and scholars that participate in the tours.
For now, the stylish stars have plenty going on at home.
Pitt has just finished shooting the Greek epic Troy, while Aniston is currently wrapping up the 10th and final season of Friends--which was shortened by a few episodes at the request of its stars.
Though Aniston's reps vehemently denied rampant reports that Friends filming was expedited to mesh with the Aniston-Pitt progeny deadline, the actress herself has indicated the couple will be going for a baby as soon as the series wraps in January 2004.
