On 26th Nov, a new group of young leaders including city council members, young journalists, civil society leaders, women's rights activists and religious leaders attended our workshop.
When women are involved in peace processes, they increase the chance of reaching an agreement. So why are so many still excluded from decision-making positions today?
The cohort includes dozens of leading women including a Member of Knesset, mayors, deputy mayors, journalists, educators, ultra-Orthodox activists, influencers in Arab society, and more.
From politics to the educational sphere, to the business world and to academia, the conversation focused on the agency that everyone has to make a change.
More than 30 Palestinian and Israelis civil society activists, influencers and heads of our Two-State Coalition participated in a tour of the Jordan Valley on…
Journalists met with PA Minister for Social Affairs and came from diverse news agencies including Makor Rishon, Israel Hayom, Yedioth Ahronoth, Channel 12, Haaretz, Kikar Hashabbat and more.
"A whole generation grows up here that doesn’t know the other. From the meeting today I left with optimism. I realized that Palestinians are just like me."
Russian-speaking activists learned about opportunities for relaunching a peace process, lessons learned from Northern Ireland and psychological barriers to resolution.
East Jerusalemite activist Nivine Sandouka, offered her analysis on the recent violence in May, and Dr Yuval Benziman spoke about how reconciliation can be a catalyst for reigniting a peace process.
The group saw first-hand the harmful impact of settlement expansion on the contiguity of a future Palestinian State and learned about possible solutions.
We exchanged ideas and action plans about ways to revive a peace process at the political and grassroots levels, how to promote reconciliation among the publics.
After more than a year of joint meetings over Zoom, it was exciting to sit in the same room again with our Palestinian partners who continue to promote a two-state solution and lasting peace between our two peoples.
The participants explored the legal, territorial and political issues related to Sheikh Jarrah, and how the logic of urban development for all Jerusalemites has been replaced by geopolitical considerations.
The case for advancing towards the two-state solution is stronger than ever. On 26th May, 25 representatives from the EU, UK, Germany, Russia, Egypt, Japan,…