Hello jsimmons-ga:
Below is the initial list of 100 links, for your consideration.
The format for each entry is not always 100% consistent with your
template, but the information is there. Copying and pasting so much
material is very time consuming. All the links provide evidence of
personal experiences and activities directly related to peaceful
collaboration between Arabs and Jews.
Some of the websites have many links to more evidence of the same
kind. I have marked "(*)" those that seem to be most appealing (eg,
written by children) and rich in content.
Note: Most of the descriptions are copied from the websites.
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1. Givat Haviva Education Center (*)
Givat Haviva, M.P. Menashe 37850, Israel
E-mail: givat_il@inter.net.il
http://66.155.17.109/peace/about.asp
Description:
Givat Haviva is an education, research and documentation center,
founded in 1949 by HA’KIBBUTZ HA’ARZI Federation, in memory of Haviva
Reik . The campus is located in the northern Sharon Valley (east of
Hadera), Israel.
The mission of Givat Haviva today is to cope with the major issues
that are on the agenda of Israeli society, and to foster educational
initiatives, research and community work in the fields of peace,
democracy, coexistence, tolerance and social solidarity.
Over 50,000 children, youth and adults from Israel and abroad
participate annually in the seminars, workshops, courses, conferences
and other projects offered by Givat Haviva in a range of educational,
academic and professional fields.
The campus facilities include classrooms, auditoriums for conferences
and events, guestrooms for hosting VIPs, a computer lab, a language
lab, a very rich research library, 112 dormitory rooms (480 beds), a
swimming pool, sports fields and spacious lawns.
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2. Letter to Dr. Rachel Aharoni, Executive Director of Givat Haviva,
from
Johannes Rau, President, Federal Republic of Germany
http://66.155.17.109/peace/children.asp
Letter:
Dear Dr. Aharoni,
Thank you for your letter of July 9th.
To all those who are still convinced that peace and cooperation in the
Middle East are possible, the valuable work of Givat Haviva,
especially at this time, is an encouraging sign.
The book of poems, Children Write for Peace, written by Jewish and
Arab children together and published by Givat Haviva, is a sign of
hope for a future without violence and hatred.
With greetings of peace,
Yours,
Johannes Rau
President, Federal Republic of Germany
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3. Arabs and Jews together in joy and sadness (*)
Manal Kana'an, Age 12, Tur’aan
http://66.155.17.109/peace/children-8-00-b.asp
Poem:
Arabs and Jews together play melodies for peace
Arabs and Jews warmly welcome the angel of peace
Arabs and Jews plant flowers in our gardens
Arab and Jews together cry with loud voice
Arabs and Jews together cry out for peace
We want peace, we want to live, that's our human right.
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4. A Summary of War and Peace (*)
Bat Chen Shachak, Age 15, Tel Mond
http://66.155.17.109/peace/children-8-00-a.asp
Poem:
There is not much left to say,
We’re in a sort of halfway spot.
There’s no real peace in the Middle East,
Nor is there real war.
And for us, we're marching forward towards peace,
Ready to understand the others,
Prepared to make changes,
With one clear goal:
To be rid of the hatred
Buried deep inside us for so long,
And with the understanding
That it's easy to make enemies,
But that the wise thing is find friends.
We come as people who know a lot about war,
But very little about peace.
From now on we'll begin to change that.
Behind the fine words are years and years
Of suffering, pain,anxiety and fear.
Now to all these words
A new word, Hope, is added,
A little strange, a little different, perhaps.
In fact it was with us all along,
( Even in war )
And because of it we never remained alone in the struggle.
Yet, if we talk about peace, we cannot conclude
Without the song that became the hymn of peace
Together with the hope in our hearts
That remained with us all our lives…
“ Those whose light went out and who are buried in the earth."*
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5. Prayer (*)
Ma’moon Muneer Adawee, Age 12, Tur’aan
http://66.155.17.109/peace/children-prayer.asp
Prayer-Poem:
Like dawn emerging out of the night
Out of the heart of darkness
Like the sun sending out its rays
Melting bad dreams
Such, my beloved ones,
Is the light of peace.
Like children's smiles
Like the reviving breath that sends forth hope
Like a mother whose eyes
Send out love for future generations
Such, my beloved ones
Is the spring of peace.
From our tortured holy land
From our land seeped in pure prophethood
From our land, land of purity and faith
We pray
O Lord, give us the peace that you possess
Give hope and joy to the children of peace
O Lord of peace!
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6. The Children of Two Sides (*)
Shira Prat, Age 12, Kfar Hess
http://66.155.17.109/peace/children-2sides.asp
Poem:
Sometimes I wonder, what if I was someone else
Not born in Israel, but in Palestine?
After all, it’s the same place, so why two different names?
And if I was born on the other side of the Green Line*?
Is my world here so different, so far?
Perhaps, perhaps there is a girl there like me, naive,
Who asks: What would it be like if I were different?
I’m sure she plays hopscotch and ball, just like me,
And hates it when her father goes to the reserves
“Just so we can be ready …in case…”
She, too, must be sick of things as they are…
In a few years, when I am a soldier,
What will I tell that girl then?
If only there would be real peace!
I bet she wants it as much as I do!
Sure, we have some agreements and signatures
But also attacks and bombs
And daily news of those wounded or killed
They also cry over their dead…
So, for my sake and her sake, and all of the children,
Let us make peace between the two sides!
Let us behave like human beings,
And make an end to tears and blood!!!
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7. Letter sent to Dr. Sarah Ozacky-Lazar, Co-Director, Jewish-Arab
Center for Peace, Givat Haviva, M.P. Menashe 37850, Israel
E-mail: Artgvha@zahav.net.il
http://66.155.17.109/peace/letters.asp
The following letter was sent to Dr. Sarah Ozacky-Lazar, Co-Director,
Jewish-Arab Center for Peace, following the appearance of an article
she wrote in the Japanese magazine ABD.
Dear Sarah Ozacky-Lazar,
Greetings from the University of the South Pacific. Congratulations
for the work that you are doing and have done for reconciliation in
your part of the world. We do see via BBC news the troubles and
violence that you encounter daily and we can only pray for peace.
However what a better way of working on reconciliation than Crossing
Borders! You really deserve the UNESCO Peace award.
Congratulations again. I am Fellow in Literacy Education here at the
University of the South Pacific and I really do believe in using books
and writing as a tool of developing literacy and its skills – which
encompass understanding, respect, tolerance and peace ultimately. We
do have our kind of violence and troubles but we do need to make
people literate – to make them think critically and analytically. I
was enthralled with your work.
Congratulations again and I hope to be able to get a copy of your
publication.
Kindest regards.
S.L.
Fellow in Literacy Education
Institute of Education
The University of the South Pacific
Suva, Fiji Islands
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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8. The Jewish-Arab Center for Peace (*)
GIVAT HAVIVA - M.P. Menashe, 37850, ISRAEL
http://66.155.17.109/peace/departments.asp
http://www.inter.net.il/~givat_h/givat/arabcent.htm
Description:
Established in 1963, the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace is one of the
oldest and most prominent institutions in its field. The common bond
of the dozens of projects conducted in the Center is the struggle for
better relations between Arabs and Jews, better understanding of the
essence of democracy and citizens' rights in Israel, and building
bridges with our Arab neighbors.
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9. The Arts Center
GIVAT HAVIVA - M.P. Menashe, 37850, ISRAEL
http://66.155.17.109/peace/departments.asp
http://www.inter.net.il/~givat_h/givat/g_art.htm
Description:
The Arts Center at Givat Haviva conducts creative art programs for
children, teenagers, and adults. Its projects include art studio
workshops, courses for teachers, an art gallery and an alternative
arts high school. Through the medium of art, the Center promotes
cooperation and a better understanding among the various sections of
Israeli society: new immigrants and veterans, religious and
non-religious, Jews and Arabs.
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10. Crossing Borders
http://www.crossingborder.org/
Description:
Crossing Borders a project initiated by the International Peoples
College in Elsinore Denmark with a grant from DANIDA in order to
encourage dialogue between youth in the Middle East.
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11. The Peres Center fpr Peace (*)
http://www.peres-center.org/
Description:
Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres founded The Peres Center for Peace in 1996
with the express aim of realizing his vision of a "New Middle East",
in which people of the region work together to build peace through
socio-economic cooperation and people-to-people relations.
Our strategy remains constant and focused, although our tools and
methodologies adapt to reflect the dynamic realities of the Middle
East. As a non-partisan, non-governmental organization, The Peres
Center for Peace works in parallel to, but independently from, the
political process towards peace. It is this unique mandate that allows
us to continue with our cooperative activities between Israel and her
Arab neighbors despite the breakdown of political negotiations and
upsurge of violence.
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12. Adalah
Address: PO Box 510, Shfaram 20200 Israel
Tel: 04-950-1610
Fax: 04-950-3140
Email: adalahorg@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.adalah.org
Fax: 04-950-3140
Key personnel and Title: Hassan Jabareen, General Director
Description: Adalah is the first non-profit, non-sectarian Palestinian
Arab-run legal center in Israel. Established in November 1996, Adalah
serves the Palestinian community, close to 20% of Israel's population.
The main goal of Adalah is to achieve equal rights and national
minority rights for Palestinian citizens of Israel.
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13. The Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace in Memory of Emil
Greenzweig
P.O.B. 3353
Jerusalem Forest,
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6752933/4/5
Fax: 02-6752932
Administrative Director: Leah Tobias
Educational Director: Uki Maroshek-Klarman The Adam Institute -
http://www.adaminstitute.org.il
Description:
Following the murder of Emil Greenzweig in a peaceful demonstration
against the war in Lebanon, the founders of the Adam Institute,
educators and public figures from across the Israeli political
spectrum, were determined to prevent the recurrence of such incidents
and in 1986 they founded the Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace in
memory Emil Greenzweig. Established as an independent, non-profit
organization to promote education for democracy and peace, the Adam
Institute teaches the principles of democracy, focusing on breaking
down stereotypes and teaching non-violent methods of conflict
resolution.
The Adam Institute reaches over 16,000 participants including teachers
and students, Arabs and Jews and international participants,
immigrants and native-born, religious and secular, from all walks of
life and all economic groups throughout the country. Trainers from
varied backgrounds teach members of their respective communities the
innovative curriculum of games and exercises using the Adam
Institute's unique methodology. Programs range in duration from one
day to a full year.
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14. A Different Future
PO Box 6307
Hamden, CT
Telephone: 203-974-7339
voices@adifferentfuture.org
www.adifferentfuture.org
Co-Chairs: Ambassador Andrew Young and Dr. Bruce Wexler
A Different Future is an interfaith, international NGO of religious
leaders, scholars, communications experts, artists and
philanthropists. We aim to use our collective expertise to strengthen
the voice of Palestinians and Israelis whose actions demonstrate that
it is possible for their peoples to live and work side by side.
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15. Adva Center (*)
105A Yehudah HaLevy Street,
P.O.B. 36529
Tel Aviv 61364
Tel: 03-5608871
Fax: 03-5607108
Email: advainfo@netvision.net.il
Web: www.adva.org
Chairperson: Dr. Yossi Dahan
Director: Barbara Swirski
Established in 1991 to promote greater equality between social groups
in Israel, the Center's activities include research and publication,
advocacy and public education. Adva Center initiates policy analysis
and undertakes policy studies for voluntary organizations and local
governments and brings theresults of its research to policy-makers via
The Israel Equality Monitor. The Israel Equality Monitor is published
in Hebrew, Arabic and English and presents up-to-date information on
education, health services, welfare and housing and with respect to
these services compares women and men, Arabs and Jews, and the members
of different Jewish ethnic groups. The Israel Equality Monitor
provides grassroots organizations which lack the time, resources and
research capacity to produce hard figures with the information they
need to promote their causes.
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16. Alternative Information Center (AIC) (*)
P.O.B. 31417,
6 Koresh St.,
Jerusalem,
Tel: 02-6241159
Fax: 02-6253151
E-mail: aicmail@trendline.co.il
In Bethlehem: Tel: 02-740585
E-mail: info@alt-info.org
Web: http://www.alternativenews.org
Co-Directors: Michael Warschawski, Adel Samara
AIC is a joint Palestinian/Israeli organization that combines
information, research, and critical analysis with political activism.
The Centre publishes regular and special reports and magazines on
political, social, economic and cultural issues and currents in
Israeli and Palestinian society. The Centre's publications and
activities provide for discussion of the political realities which
have been created by the Oslo Accords and their implementation,
information and analysis on main trends and currents in Israeli and
Palestinian societies. Special attention is given to the radical
democratic and feminist struggles in both societies. The Centre also
provides critical perspectives on the Jewish-Zionist nature of the
State of Israel and the authoritarian features emerging in the
Palestinian Authority, as well as an examination of politics through
economic, social and cultural analyses with an emphasis on the
relationships between the national, class, race and gender oppression
within the context of the Jewish-Zionest state and the new world
order.
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17. Al Liqa' Center for Religious and Heritage Studies in the Holy
Land
Hebron Road, Bethlehem
P.O.B. 11328 Jerusalem
Tel/Fax: 02-6741639
Director: Dr. Geries Khoury
Al-Liqa, a Palestinian center for religious and heritage studies in
the Holy Land, was founded in Jerusalem in 1983 by a group of
Christian and Muslim Palestinian Arabs. The Center has created a
lively dialogue and fostered understanding between the peoples of
these two religions.
In addition, since 1986 the Center has helped to define the role of
the local church and to formulate a contextualized Palestinian
theology. Starting in 1989, members of Al-Liqa' have been involved in
local meetings and international conferences fostering a tri-lineal
dialogue for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
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18. Association for Civil Rights in Israel
P.O.B. 35401
Jerusalem, Israel
91352 Israel
Tel: 972-2 652-1218
Fax: 972-2 652-1219
Email: mail@acri.org.il
Web: http://www.acri.org.il/english-acri/engine/index.asp
Sammi Michael, Chariman; Vered Livne - Executive Director
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was established in
1972 to bolster Israel's commitment to civil liberties and human
rights through legal action, education and public outreach. ACRI is a
strictly nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that protects the rights
of all individuals in Israel and in the occupied territories,
regardless of religion, nationality or political beliefs.
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19. Bat Shalom
Emek Refaim 43 Jerusalem, 91080
02-563222
02-5617983
email: batshalom@netvision.net.il
http://www.batshalom.org
Terry Geenblatt, Director
Bat Shalom, located in West Jerusalem, together with the Jerusalem
Center for Women, in East Jerusalem form the Jerusalem Link, a joint
effort of Israeli and Palestinian women to bring about a
comprehensive, just and lasting peace.
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20. Bereaved Families' Circle
Director: Yitzhak Frankenthal -- Frankent@netvision.net.il
Pnina Nitzan -- philona@netvision.net.il
http://www.mideastweb.org/Bereaved_Families_Forum.htm
Home/Office: 972 8 9285628
Fax: 972 8 9285060
Cell: 972 52 602369
The Bereaved Families' Forum ("Bereaved Parents Circle") was founded
by Israeli businessman Yitzhak Frankenthal, whose son was killed by
Palestinians while serving in the Israeli army. Members are
Palestinians and Israelis who have lost loved ones in the conflict.
They have held numerous dialogs and taken joint action for peace, and
continue to do so, even in the midst of the turmoil now gripping
Israel and Palestine.
Recently, Families' Forum members Roni and Mira Hirshenson lost a
second son to the conflict, after losing one son in the Beit Lid
bombing of 1995. Their son El'ad committed suicide after his best
friend was killed while serving in the IDF at the infamous Netzarim
junction outpost, which protects the Netzarim settlement in Gaza.
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21. Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice & Peace
PO Box 180175
Chicago, IL 60618-0175
Telephone: 773-583-5747
Fax: 773-583-5772
Emailaddress: info@btvshalom.org
Web: www.btvshalom.org
Personnel: Aliza Becker, Acting Director
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, is a
national organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel's
well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the
long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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22. Bustan
Address:
Phone:+972-53-711-800
Web site: www.bustanshalom.org
Email: deb2000@zahav.net.il
Personnel: Devorah Brous, Coordinator
BUSTAN, in Arabic and Hebrew, is a fruit-yielding orchard of trees.
BUSTAN L'SHALOM aims to promote tolerance and pluralism through
creative workshops in schools, and by co-organizing weekly interfaith
peace vigils to stand in solidarity with all victims of political
violence. Since the start of the al Aqsa Intifada secular and
religious Jews, Christians, and Muslims from Israel and Palestine meet
to pray for an end to the brutal cycle of violence.
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23. Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
Address: POB 8083, Jerusalem 91080, Israel
Tel: (+972-2) 672-5293
Fax: (+972-2) 672-5293
email: gsvirsky@netvision.net.il
The Coalition of Women for a Just Peace is a mix of Jewish and
Palestinian women (all citizens of Israel) who call upon Israel to end
the occupation and negotiate a just solution.
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24. Compassionate Listening Project
P.O. Box 17, Indianola, Washington, 98342, USA
tel: 360-297-2280
fax: 360-297-6563
email: leah@mideastdiplomacy.org
web = www.mideastdiplomacy.org
Staff: Leah Green, Director; Carol Hwoschinsky, Trainer/facilitator;
Andrea Cohen-Kiener, Delegation Leader
An invitation to be of service... The Compassionate Listening project
provides an opportunity to advance Jewish-Palestinian reconciliation,
to learn a powerful technique for conflict resolution, and to help
build the international constituency for Israeli-Palestinian
peace-building endeavors.
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25. Friends of the Earth Middle East
Address: 85 Nahalat Benyamin St., Tel-Aviv
Telephone: 03-5605383
Fax: 03-5604693
Email: info@foeme.org
Web: www.foeme.org
Personnel: Gidon Bromberg- Israeli Director, Munqeth Mehyar, Jordanian
Director, Nader Khateeeb, Palestinian Director
Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME), is a unique umbrella
organization representing leading Middle East environmental
non-governmental organizations.Our primary objective is the promotion
of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage.In
so doing, we hope to help achieveboth sustainable regional development
and the creation of necessary conditions for lasting peace in our
region.
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26. Friendship Village
Mailing Address: P.O.Box 36686 Tel-Aviv, 61366 Israel
Tel: 972-9-8982694
Fax: 972-9-8941158
E-mail address: friendshipvillage_2001@yahoo.com
Web address: http://friendshipvillage.homestead.com/home.html
Key person: Jonatan Peled - General Director
Friendship Village is an international center to education for
multicultural society, peace & democracy. A building facility in the
Galilean Arab town of Shefa Amer (Shefaram) is still in stage of
planning. Since 1998 the Organization run Israeli - Palestinian and
Israeli Jewish-Arab educational projects. Among the educational
projects are: Talk Peace - Make Peace 2001: one year long seminar for
young Israeli and Palestinian political leaders, in order to learn
about each other and to build bridges. The Way for Coexistence
includes a series of workshops for Israeli Jewish and Arab teenagers,
tomeet each other, to brake barriers and to build trust. Let's know
each other is an interfaith project for teenagers too. Since the last
Palestinian uprising joint educational activities stopped, however
contact between leadership of the two sides is keeping on.
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27. The Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace (ICIPP)
P.O.B 2542
Holon125
Tel/Fax: 03-5565804
President: Adv. Aharon Pinchasi
Secretary: Adam Keller
http://www.ariga.com/humanrights/council.shtml
The ICIPP is an Israeli organization supporting a peaceful solution to
the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, to be achieved through the
withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories occupied in 1967 and
the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
East Jerusalem should become the capital of Palestine while West
Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel. The city of Jerusalem
would retain a municipal unity through a joint town council, with each
religion's holy sites being administered by its own religious
authorities. The Israeli government should make Palestinians who
remain within the borders of Israel equal citizens by abolishing all
discriminatory laws and practices. Israeli settlers who choose to
remain as law-abiding citizens or residents of the Palestinian state
should be assured equality under the law.
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27. Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) (*)
Co-directors:
Dr. Gershon Baskin -- Gershon@ipcri.org
Dr. Zakaria 'Zakki' al Qaq -- law@ipcri.org
Web: http://www.ipcri.org
P.O. Box 9321, Jerusalem 91092
972-(0)2-277-6054 or 972-(0)52-381-715
Office Address: Laham Building, Palestine Street, El-Doha,
Bethlehem,Palestine
Telephone: 972-2-277-6054
Fax: 972-2-277-6057
IPCRI, founded in Jerusalem in 1988, is the only joint
Palestinian-Israeli public policy think-tank in the world. It is
devoted to developing practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
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28. Ittijah: Union of Arab Community Based Associations
PO Box 9577, Haifa 31095, Israel
+972 (0) 4 862 1713
+972 (0) 4 864 2557
ittijah@ittijah.org
http://www.ittijah.org
Ameer Makhoul, director
Ittijah: The Union of Arab Community Based Associations was founded in
1995 as an umbrella organization for Arab non-governmental
organizations working inside of Israel. Ittijah received Amuta,
not-for-profit status in 1997. Ittijah’s overall mission is to
coordinate, foster and present the common strategies of its member
organizations, working to end the political, legal, social, economic
and cultural discrimination against Palestinians in Israel. In pursuit
of equal status, Ittijah provides a variety of services to its
membership. These include promoting greater efficiency through
professional capacity-building; networking and strategic planning
among member organizations; monitoring Israeli laws and regulations;
monitoring and transmitting international developments relevant to the
NGO movement; domestic and international advocacy; information
sharing; providing links between NGOs and the international
development community; and increasing public awareness in regard to
activities of the NGO sector and its influence in the development of
the Arab minority in Israel.
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29. A Jewish Voice for Peace
City: San Francisco, California
Email: info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org
Web: http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
A Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a San Francisco Bay Area grassroots
organization dedicated to the human, civil and economic rights of
Jews, Palestinians, and all peoples in the Middle East.
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30. Middle East Region Professional Training Program
Address: 6300 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1010 Los Angeles CA 9048
Tel: 323-653-4514
Fax: 323-651-5938
Email: dgardner@nwc.net
Web: http://www.ariga.com/humanrights/merptraining.shtml
Fax: 323-651-5938
Key personnel and Title: David B Gardner,President
Description: Middle East Region Professional Training Program is an
independent non profit organization(501 C 3) which facilitates short
term business and progessional training for all nationals of the
Middle East Region, including Israelis,Palestinians,Jordnains and
Egyptians.The program provides educational programs combined with an
on the job practical training experinece with U.S companies.There are
special cross cultural and conflict resolution programs as well as
business networking opportunities designed to foster economic
development and regional cooperation.The program is non poltical and
does not advocate any positon in the current confict except the
promotion of economic opportunities to all parties.
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31. NISPED - Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development
(*)
Address: Paradise Negev - Mall Hakshatot POB 32 Beersheva 84894
Tel: 972-8-6405432
Fax: 972-8-6405451
Email: nisped@nisped.org.il
Web: http://www.nisped.org.il
Fax: 972-8-6405451
Key personnel and Title: Dr. Yehudah Paz - Chairman; Vivian Silver -
Executive Director
NISPED was established in 1998 with a view to promote peace and
development focused on the centrality of the civil society: the
voluntary, people-centered, non-governmental groups and organizations
who seek to work with each other on the issues of conflict-resolution
and the advance of sustainable human development. It is clear that
without the advance in satisfaction of people's basic human needs,
there can be no durable peace. Situated less than fifteen minutes from
the Gaza Strip, NISPED's immediate concern is with our own region
while we do work with third-world countries as well.
It is clear that for democracy to flourish in Israel, it is imperative
that all citizens enjoy full and equal rights. To this end, NISPED
established AJEEC - the Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment
and Cooperation. The goals of AJEEC are three-fold: striving for
equality in all aspects of life; empowerment of the
Palestinian-Israeli community; cooperation between the Jewish and Arab
populations. AJEEC is developing programs in the fields of education,
leadership and employment.
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32. Neve Shalom - Wahat el Salam School for Peace
Neve Shalom, Israel
Telephone: 02 9915621
Fax: 02 9911072
Email: pr@nswas.com
Web: http://nswas.com
Personnel: Secretary-General: Anwar Dawod
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam (pronounced nevey shalom/wahat as-salaam)
is a cooperative village of Jews and Palestinian Arabs of Israeli
citizenship. Situated equidistant from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa,
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam was founded in 1972 on 100 acres of land
leased from the adjacent Latrun Monastery. In 1977 the first family
came to reside here. Now, in the year 2001, 40 families are settled in
the village, and another 10 families are in the process of building
their homes. The members of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam are
demonstrating the possibility of coexistence between Jews and
Palestinians by developing a community based on mutual acceptance,
respect and cooperation. Democratically governed and owned by its
members, the community is not affiliated with any political party or
movement. Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam gives practical expression to its
vision through its various branches.
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33. Nisan Young Women Leaders (*)
PO Box 3185
Nazareth 16130
04-6561604
04-6081131
nisan@netvision.net.il
www.nisan.org
Sanaa Zreik-Saleh Executive Director
Pamela Butter-Development Coordinator
Nisan Young Women Leaders is the only non-profit organization in
Israel, which is exclusively dedicated to the advancement of young
Jewish and Arab women in Israel. Nisan’s innovative programs develop
the leadership potential of Jewish and Arab Israeli young women,
support their initiatives and foster communication, cooperation and
co-existence among the participants. Nisan’s purpose is the
empowerment of young high school age women, in a society that
discriminates and fails to provide equal opportunities for young
women, both Jewish and Arab.
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34. Not in My Name
Address: PMB 206, 2859 Central Street
City: Evanston, IL
Telephone: 312/409-4845
Emailaddress: info@nimn.org
Web: www.notinmyname.org
Not In My Name is a Jewish peace group that was formed in November
2000 to work for a just and lasting peace between Israelis and
Palestinians. We believe that the first step toward attaining peace
must be for Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip
and East Jerusalem.
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35. OPEN HOUSE in Ramle, Israel
Contact: Yehezkel and Dalia Landau -- YLandau@actcom.co.il
Home: 972-2-6423952
Fax: 972-2-6436490
http://www.openhouse.org.il/
Co-directors: Yehezkel Landau
Michail Fanous, Palestinian Christian and on Ramle City Council
OPEN HOUSE is a home in Ramle, Israel, that was owned by a Palestinian
family before 1948. It is now occupied by Dalia and Yehezkel Landau.
This exceptional couple has devoted it (1) to provide educational and
social opportunities to Arab children and their families, and (2) to
be a center where Jews and Palestinians can meet one another, have
joint activities, and forge friendships.
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36. European Palestine Israel Centre
Tel: +44-20-8809 2494
ditas@talk21.com
htt://www.peacequest.org
CEO: David Solomon; Israel Director: Noa Karavan; Editor: Ditas Amry
Peacequest is a non-partisan, multi-perspective website on the Middle
East. Our aim is to promote dialogue. We publish a unique collection
of personal testimonies and stories from Palestinians and Israelis,
Palestinian, Arab and Israeli fiction and poetry, music, photography,
as well as many journalistic and academic articles and radio
transcripts (BBC, Palestine-Israel Journal, Jerusalem Report, Index on
Censorship) about the Middle East conflict.
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37. Peace Watch
8 Hama'alot Street,
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-6233004
Fax: 02-6256030
Associate Director.: Bob Lang
http://www.ariga.com/humanrights/peacewatch.shtml
Peace Watch is a watchdog group established to monitor compliance with
peace agreements between Israel and her Arab neighbors, with the goal
of preventing violations. Peace Watch seeks to draw international
public attention to the commitments that the parties have made and to
their subsequent actions with regard to these commitments. In this
way, Peace Watch hopes to deter violations, encourage compliance, and
so contribute to an atmosphere of mutual trust necessary for bringing
about a genuine peace.
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38. Sikkuy -- The Association for the Advancement of Equal Opportunity
13 Ramban Street,
Jerusalem 92432
Tel: 02-5665663
Fax: 02-5639185
Co-directors: As'ad Ghanem and Alouph Hareven
http://www.ariga.com/humanrights/sikkuy.shtml
Sikkuy was established in 1991 with the aims of enhancing civic
equality for the Arab Citizens of Israel as well as the development of
citizen identity as one shared by all Israeli citizens.
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39. Ta'ayush Arab Jewish partnership (*)
The Ta'ayuPhone: 03-6914437 [from other countries: 972-3-6914437].
http://www.taayush.org/
Arab-Jewish solidarity initiatives -- initiatives, activities, news,
statements of collaboration by people on both sides, etc, etc, etc
(many links).
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40. The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development
Address: 16 Galgalei Hapladah, POB 12017
Tel: 09-954-1378
Fax: 09-954-0136
Email: information@cjaed.org.il
Web: www.cjaed.org.il
Fax: 09-954-0136
Key personnel and Title: Sarah Kreimer, Co-Director
The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development (CJAED) is an Israeli
non-governmental organization (NGO) that promotes regional economic
development through cooperative projects among people in the Middle
East. CJAED also aims to close the gaps between the Jewish and Arab
sectors in Israel, thus building the foundation for sustainable
economic development and peace. CJAED aims to provide Israeli Arabs
with the necessary skills and advantages to capitalize on
opportunities for development. In addition, the full integration of
the Palestinian citizens of Israel into the national and regional
economy is crucial to the health of Israeli society. In addition,
economic cooperation - on the basis of mutual benefit and respect -
among Israelis and Middle Eastern business people serves vital
interests for the future of the region. Therefore, CJAED fosters
contact, information and the analysis of competitive advantages among
Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and Egyptian enterprises and
entrepreneurs.
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41. Windows-Channels For Communication
P.O.Box 56096, Tel-Aviv-Yaffo 61560
Tel = 03-5251929
Fax = 03-5282373
email = winpeace@netvision.net.il
Shadi Haj. Co-director
After several years of progressive work as an Israeli organization,
dealing with the Palestinian-Israeli shared reality, we have come to
the conclusion that the best way to dael with such issues is by
turning Windows into a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization.
Together we are able to touch deeper the most sensitive points and
even cope better with each other's feelings and convictions. By
exposing ourselves to the reality of the other, we hope to reach
better acquaintance and understanding.
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42. The Abraham Fund
Address: 477 Madison Avenue
City: New York City
Tel: 212-303-9421
Fax: 212-935-1834
Email: info@abrahamfund.org
Web: www.abrahamfund.org
Personnel: Staci Light, Director of Development
The Abraham Fund is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to
promoting coexistence between the Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel.
Through advocacy and awareness campaigns, and by sponsoring
coexistence projects, The Abraham Fund fosters increased dialogue,
tolerance and understanding between Arabs and Jews. A pioneer in this
work, The Abraham Fund serves as a central resource for coexistence
professionals worldwide.
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43. Interfaith Encounter Association
Address: 9 Habanay Street, Jerusalem 96264
Tel: 02-6535719
Fax: 02-6535719
Email: msyuda@mscc.huji.ac.il
Web: www.israel-interfaith.org.il
Fax: 02-6535719
Key personnel and Title: Yehuda Stolov, Director
Description: A group of concerned longtime interfaith activists has
formed the Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA) in August 2001. Our
vision is a society in which the otherness of the other is not only
accepted, but truly understood and respected.... The IEA is dedicated
to promoting coexistence in the Middle East through cross-cultural
study and inter-religious dialogue. We believe that, rather than being
the cause of the problem, religion can and should be a source of
solution for the conflicts that exist in the region and beyond. We do
not believe in the blending of all traditions into one
undifferentiated group, but in providing a table where all can come
and sit in safety and ease, while being fully who they are in their
respective religions.
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44. Seeds of Peace (*)
370 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-573-8040
Fax: 212-573-8047 Contact: John Wallach President and Founder
Lindsay Miller Vice President
Seeds of Peace
1321 Wisconsin Avenue, NW 20007-3311
Tel: 202-337-5530
Fax: 202-337-5646
Contact: Bobbie Gottschalk Executive Vice President
JERUSALEM: Tel: 972-2-582-0222 Fax: 972-2-582-2221
seedspeace@aol.com
http://www.seedsofpeace.org/
Seeds of Peace 2000: An Overview
SEEDS OF PEACE promotes mutual understanding and peace by bringing
together teenagers from conflict areas of the world to an educational
summer program in Maine. The program enables future leaders to get to
know one another as people and to learn about each other's experiences
and perspectives. Returning to their homelands, the teenagers are
encouraged to continue their relationships across borders, supported
by professional staff in their region.
THE MAINE PROGRAM
Set in the supportive, relaxed environment of a summer camp in Maine,
Seeds of Peace immerses Arab, Israeli and Cypriot teenagers in a month
of interaction, leadership training, dialogue, and recreation. The
participants are selected on the basis of their motivation,
leadership, and facility with English, the camp's universal language.
The program combines recreational activities including sports, drama,
and arts, as well as daily conflict-resolution sessions led by
professional facilitators. Through these workshops, participants
develop listening and negotiating skills, empathy, respect, and trust
-- the key elements of peaceful coexistence. Our program concludes
with a visit to Washington, DC.
SEEDS OF PEACE OUTREACH AND REGIONAL ACTIVITIES
It is vitally important for the Seeds of Peace graduates to continue
to build upon the relationships they establish at camp and to
strengthen their skills in conflict resolution. In 1999 Seeds of Peace
established a Center for Coexistence in Jerusalem to help Seeds
graduates sustain their involvement through year round programs
including: coexistence workshops, peer dialogue sessions at schools,
cultural exchanges, field trips, and publication of The Olive Branch,
a newspaper written and edited by alumni. The Seeds of Peace Web site
provides a constant link between all participants, regardless of
political borders.
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45. Palestinian Dialogue: Try Again!
PEACE MAGAZINE Oct-Dec 2001
by Zeina Awad
http://www.peacemagazine.org/0110/dialogue.htm
Interesting article on the obstacles to Arab-Jewish dialogue and
collaboration.
There are both Arab obstacles and Jewish obstacles that must be
overcome. Zeina Awad is a Canadian peace activist (of Palestinian
origin?), but she tries hard to be fair to both sides.
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46. Letters to the Editor, Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
http://www.jewishsf.com/bk010831/letters.shtml
Viewpoints on obstacles to peaceful collaboration between Arabs and
Jews.
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47. Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
http://www.btvshalom.org/
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, is a
national organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel's
well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the
long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Click on "President's
Perspectives" to read articles by Marcia Freedman.
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48. The Tikkum Community (te.kun = To mend, repair, and transform the
world)
http://www.tikkun.org/
Activism from the Heart
For many of us, activism seems like something somebody else does. In
this issue, we've gathered together activists of all kinds to trace
their own roots and share their vision for the future. We start with
the most basic question, "how does activism begin?" with thoughts from
Tikkun editors Deborah Kory and Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, followed by the
personal voices of well-established activists, including Diane Mintz
on education and Ana Villa-Lobos on spiritual politics. (click on
names to read articles)
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49. Jewish Unity for a Just Peace
RIGHT TO A HOME . . . AND A HOMELAND
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO REBUILD PALESTINIAN HOMES
USA contact telephone +1-415-820-3204
Israel contact telephone: +972-(0)56-875-893
Palestine contact telephone: +972-(0)2-627-5335/6
Editorial:
Given the tragic destruction and violence of the past few months, it
is extremely important that we the Israeli, Palestinian and
international peace forces respond with a resounding "NO!" to the
continuing Occupation and policies of repression.....
Donna Baranski-Walker, Global Campaign Coordinator (Phone:
+1-415-820-3204 ; E-mail: dbw@alum.mit.edu).
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50. Arab/Jewish Student Dialogue at Brandeis University
http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/partnerships_and_projects/arab_jewish/
STUDENTS FOCUS ON DIALOGUE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN RETREAT ON MIDDLE
EAST
From February 20-23, 2001, eight Brandeis students and three recent
Brandeis alumni spent four days on retreat in western Massachusetts
exploring the contemporary situation in the Middle East and planning
on how they can act publicly to work towards peace and coexistence.
The participants were principally Arab and Jewish students from Israel
and Jordan, many of whom are at Brandeis on Slifka "coexistence"
scholarships. The retreat, funded by Morton H. Meyerson Family
Tzedakah Funds and organized as part of the Brandeis Initiative on
Intercommunal Coexistence, exemplifies the ways that Brandeis students
are combining personal experience, intellectual engagement, and
reflective dialogue to make a public impact on issues of international
importance.
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51. Arab/Jewish Dialogue of New Mexico
http://www.junity.org/orgs/ajdnm.html
Albuquerque, NM
505-243-4780 (Lori Rudolph)
Point of contact: Bob Levine
email: boblevin@uswest.com
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52. Students improve relations at Arab-Jewish dialogue
By Shruti Talwar
Herald Staff Writer
The Brown Daily Herald, Thursday, March 9, 2000
http://www.browndailyherald.com/stories.cfm?ID=1727
Although the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East has been
complicated and fraught with tension for decades, this anxiety is
considerably less amongst Brown students from that region of the
world.
In fact, some of these students meet weekly in an informal discussion
group — called the Arab-Jewish Dialogue — to improve relations between
the two groups on campus by discussing specific issues relating to the
conflict.
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53. Arab-Jewish dialogue, San Diego
http://www.jewishsightseeing.com/usa/california/san_diego/cong_beth_el/sd06-08-01arab_jewish_dialogue.htm
Cease fire likely to fail, Palestinian scientist tells Jewish audience
San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, June 8, 2001
See article by Gerald Greber
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54. AN ARAB/JEWISH DIALOGUE GROUP -- Los Angeles
Al-Bushra Archives
http://www.cin.org/archives/al-bushra/200012/0025.html
LOS ANGELES---You are invited to join Palestinians, Israelis, Jews,
Arabs and
others next Wednesday, Dec. 20, 8 pm sharp, at The Complex, Flight
Theater,
6472 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, as we discuss the latest
developments in
Israel/Palestine and what we can do to help alleviate the crisis from
our
end. [Holiday presents for refugees will be distributed by the IRC and
we
need you to play Santa Claus! That's to start with...]
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55. The MidEast Web Middle East Dialog Resource
http://www.mideastweb.org/dialog.htm
These pages are dedicated to dialog. All of the peoples of the Middle
East, and our friends and relatives abroad should all be talking to
each other and learning from each other and about each other, and we
should all be helping to build a better future for the Middle East.
You may be surprised how many of us already are: Arabs and Jews,
Moslems and Christians, Palestinians and Israelis, Sunis and Shiites,
Druze and Bahai and Orthodox Jews and Reconstructionists and
freethinkers. Dialog is the beginning of recognition that the other
side is human - and a declaration that you are human and want to help
your neighbor. Dialog is a learning experience and a teaching
experience, for your heart and for your mind.
Note: Streaming Video Dialog Presentations - Seeing is believing
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56. Yakar Center for Tradition and Creativity -- Jerusalem based group
devoted to dialog both within Jewish society and between Arabs and
Jews.
http://www.yakar.org/
Recorded 15 May 2001:
Does Religion Promote or Thwart Peaceful Relations Between Jews and
Arabs?
with
Dr. Said Zidani
Professor of Philosophy, Al-Quds University
Yehezkel Landau
Director, "Open House" in Ramla
Audio -- to download an audio file to your home computer, click on the
icon below the subject desired.
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57. The MidEast Web Dialog Directory (*)
http://www.mideastweb.org/dialogdir.htm
Many links to groups engaged in dialogue on the Middle East, including
email discussion groups.
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58. Letter of friendship
http://www.mideastweb.org/zamirl1.htm
This letter from a Palestinian to an Israeli was the start of a long
standing friendship by mail:
Mr. Y. Zamir. Dear Sir, Shalom:
A short time ago, I was listening to Israel Radio, Reshet A to a
programme called "Face to Face" in which you were a guest of honour
and the subject of which was your son Yaron wpe14F.jpg (839 bytes) who
fell in the Lebanon ten years ago.
Let me tell you sir that I sympathized a lot with you and shared with
you the tragedy that befell you. Please do accept my consolation,
condolences and heartfelt emotions on this occasion.
In spite of being an Arab, I felt that calamities know no limits. I am
a father and do acknowledge that the loss of a son is the greatest of
all sacrifices. The loss of a dear son surpasses the borders of
nationalities and consolidates us all in the face of further
calamities.
It is once quoted that "We are in this world two halves: the first has
already suffered; the second is waiting to do so."
Please do remember me Mr. Zamir as a new friend of yours, from outside
your close surroundings.
I am a principal of a secondary school in Nablus, aged 54 and a father
of four. I do kindly request you to send me your book on your son
Yaron wpe14F.jpg (839 bytes) to show it to my students in the school
library. Any further books in English and Hebrew sent as a donation on
his soul will be greatly appreciated.
With best wishes and sincere compliments.
Yours truly,
H.
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59. Bereaved Parents' Group
http://www.mideastweb.org/parent1.htm
A very special kind of dialog has been established between families of
those who have fallen in the conflict.
Palestinian and Israeli Parents share Grief and Hope:
A VISIT TO GAZA
Dozens of Israeli and Palestinian families whose children and
relatives have fallen in the conflict met in Gaza on October 17. The
meeting was sponsored by the "Bereaved Parents' Circle" established by
Yitzhak Frankenthal whose son, Arik, was abducted and murdered by
Hamas terrorists. ....
One of the participating parents said: "We have paid the highest
possible price, we want to prevent others from experiencing the same
pain."
Yehuda Waxman whose son, Nahshon, was abducted and murdered by
terrorists, met Ahmad Jadla, brother of Jadla Jadla, who murdered his
son. Ahmad and Yehuda share the view that terror will lead nowhere and
that the establishment of peace is the only realistic option in the
prevailing situation. The message sent to extremists during the
meeting was loud and clear: "Terror will not win. This is not the
way."
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60. Jewish and Arab Americans Seek Peace - One Dinner At A Time
Global Village News and Resources
http://www.n2012.com/gvnr/33/33.1.htm
USA - It looks like an ordinary party - guests are arriving and
greeting one another with hugs; many of them are carrying dishes of
food. There is general joking, teasing, and catching up on what has
happened the past few weeks. People help carry food out to the table
in the living room, where a TV screen flickering in the corner adds to
the casual, informal mood. But a closer look reveals that the TV is
tuned to an Arabic station - a first hint that this is not your usual
neighborhood gathering. The real tip-off, though, is Jamal Kanj's
guest list: Of the 10 or so people coming to his San Diego home this
night, about half are Arab and half are Jewish. ....
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61. Mid - East Peace and Dialog Resources
Directory of Dialog Groups and Initiatives
http://www.ariga.com/peacewatch/dialogs.htm
This one is specially interesting:
http://www.yudel.com/salam-shalom/salamforum1.htm
Neve Shalom/Wahat El Salaam
Mixed Arab/Jewish village that hosts dialog groups. Recently graced by
a visit from Hilary Clinton. Israelis who live in the Jerusalem
corridor area can send their children to school there.
http://www.nswas.com (beautiful website). Take a look at the Middle
East & World Peace Links.
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62. Peace is possible (*)
http://www.nswas.com/pip.htm
Peace is possible – if the experience of Neve Shalom~Wahat al-Salam
means anything. Even now, when each day brings further tragedies, the
village continues to develop and conduct educational work that
heightens understanding between the two peoples.
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63. Peace in the Middle East through Dialogue and Rapprochement
Hosted by Ami Isseroff
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/5455/
Click on "View/Sign the Palestinian/Israeli Peace Declaration" for the
full text of the declaration.
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64. Nadim Zarour, Arab-Jewish dialogue pioneer, dies at 49
ALEXANDRA J. WALL
Bulletin Staff
http://www.jewishsf.com/bk000922/obzarous.shtml
When the 8-year-old Jewish Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group has
its 100th meeting soon, one of its most dedicated members will be
absent.
Nadim Zarour of San Francisco died on Sept. 10 of a heart attack,
while representing the Palestinian American Congress in a panel
discussion about the future of Jerusalem. He was 49.
Len Traubman, one of the founders of the dialogue, said Zarour "was
just like a brother to me."
Traubman recalled how it all began. His wife, Libby, invited a
Palestinian couple who owned a deli in their neighborhood to their
home. The couple said they would come, but they never did.
Libby was persistent, however, and kept asking. Finally one day,
Traubman recalled, "Three beautiful couples walked in the door, and
one of them was Nadim and Henriette Zarour."
Since that night, the Zarours remained an integral part of the group,
Traubman said.
Born in Amman, Jordan, Zarour came to the United States when he was
14. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from San Jose State
University.
He served on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission from 1976 to
1981. He also ran an AIDS ambulance, a downtown market and most
recently, his own real estate and insurance business.
In addition, Zarour served as president of the West Coast branch of
the Palestinian American Congress.
"He really was ahead of his time," Traubman said, noting that he was
one of the pioneers in establishing relationships with Jews.
"He knew deep inside what Abraham knew, that people are interdependent
and that we need each other," said Traubman. "He lived his life that
way and he knew that this process of building relationships was
required for a real peace process to go to completion and be
authentic."
Zarour is survived by his wife, Henriette; four children, John, Samer
and Sawson Zarour, all of San Francisco, and Alice Katwan of Mountain
View; a grandson, Sammy Katwan, Jr.; brothers Jack Zarour of San Jose
and Fred Zarour of San Francisco; and sister Jaklien Karkar of Los
Angeles.
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65. Religion Newswriters Association
http://www.religionwriters.com/public/tips/041502a.html
APRIL 15 , 2002
INTERNATIONAL
Middle East: U.S. interfaith groups face tensions
Many Jewish and Arab groups in the United States have worked together
for years, often as an antidote to the escalating violence in the
Middle East. ReligionLink offers resources for locating local and
national groups involved in interfaith dialogue. How are such groups
in your area and state reacting to the increased violence abroad? Has
it added tensions or increased the resolve to find a peaceful solution
for all? What role do Jews and Arabs feel their conversations here
play in the peace process? The terrorist acts of Sept. 11 inspired a
flurry of interfaith activity. How is the Middle East conflict
affecting the conversations and relationships that were strengthened
last fall?
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66. An Evaluation of Jewish-Arab Coexistence
http://www.abrahamfund.org/?oid=747
Since its founding in 1989, The Abraham Fund has become a recognized
leader in the field of coexistence. Our support of coexistence
projects began in 1993, after research revealed that more than 250
organizations across Israel were engaged in bringing Jews and Arabs
together with the goal of enhancing tolerance, mutual understanding
and trust. We recognized a vital need to support these projects, to
promote the values of coexistence and to expand the scope of
coexistence work in Israel. Through our grant-making program, The
Abraham Fund has awarded more than $6 million in grants to more than
500 different projects over the years.
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67. A message from the Chairman of The Abraham Fund Initiatives
Alan B. Slifka
http://www.abrahamfund.org/?oid=50
Play video <=========== NOTE
When I first went to Israel in 1989 I discovered there was a major
need for an organization focusing on enhancing Jewish-Arab
coexistence. I was determined that with the support of many prominent
Israelis and Americans it would be possible to create the first
coexistence organization that would enhance coexistence between the
Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. The Abraham Fund Initiatives was
formed and from the onset we discovered many wonderful things, the
most wonderful was that Jews and Arabs actually wanted to coexist
together, wanted to know more about each other; and, that is possible
to help people learn about each other, spend time with each other and
become educated about each other.
The dream is to have Israel be a country where Jews and Arabs coexist
-- as a model, as a statement for the region, as a statement for the
world that people with differences can coexist together, and that is
what The Abraham Fund Initiatives intends to do.
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68. Testimonials
http://www.abrahamfund.org/?oid=58
Over the years, The Abraham Fund Initiatives has become known as
experts in the field of coexistence and gained the respect of leaders
in Israel, the U.S., and around the world. As a non-partisan
organization, our supporters include people from across the political
spectrum.
Click on the names to read the testimonials:
* The Hon. William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the USA
* Yitzhak Rabin, former Prime Minister of Israel
* Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
* Chaim Herzog, former President of Israel
* Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel
* Richard C. Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations
* Martin Indyk, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel
* Bassam Jaber, Editor, Panorama
* Matan Vilnai, Minister of Science, Sports and Culture
* Rabbi Michael Melchior, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel
* Dan Meridor, Minister Without Portfolio
* Elyakim Rubenstein, Attorney General of Israel
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69. Speaking Each Other's Language (*)
ISRAEL MAGAZINE-ON-WEB: January 1999
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0drb0
Ulpan Akiva
For nearly 50 years Arabs have been learning Hebrew and Jews have been
learning Arabic at Ulpan Akiva – which has won the UNESCO Peace Prize,
to be awarded in Paris in December 1998.
by Simon Griver
Shulamit Katznelson, who founded the school in 1951, puts Ulpan
Akiva's activities into modest perspective. "We are perhaps naive in
trying to approach the problems of the region in this way," she
observes. "But we believe that the firm foundations necessary to build
and consolidate peace can only come about through person-to-person
contacts and the ability of each side to speak the other's language."
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70. Middle East Peace Network (*)
12925 Riverside Drive, 3rd Floor
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Tel: 818-325-8988 Fax: 818-325-8980
www.peacenetwork.org
Middle East Peace Network
Mission Statement
The Middle East Peace Network (MEPN) is a non-profit, non-partisan
organization to promote peace and democracy in the Middle East by
encouraging understanding and mutual respect among all people. The
MEPN acts as a resource network center for both organizations and
individuals who are engaged in promoting these same goals
educationally, culturally, socially, spiritually, and politically.
The Middle East Peace Network is directed by an experienced, energetic
board who are dedicated to a fair and equal peace for all people. The
MEPN was originated as an umbrella organization to assist others who
are actively working to improve relationships among Palestinians and
Jews.
The MEPN is most interested in cooperative projects that develop
deeper understandings for cultural, national, and religious
differences, including dialogue groups, people-to-people development
projects, women's advancement programs and leadership training for
youth. The MEPN focuses on raising public awareness, networking and
fundraising both in the United States and in the Middle East.
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71. Kamran Eliahan
http://www.peacenetwork.org/Peace%20Builders%20of%20the%20Month.htm
"It wasn't much fun for Silicon Valley entrepreneur Kamran Eliahan
when the pen-computing company he had founded, Momenta Corp., went
belly up seven years ago. But is was a blessing for thousands of
children who now have access to the internet.
Kamran said the "total disaster" he experienced at Momenta ultimately
led to his decision to spend his energy helping poor schoolchildren
get online. That's when he formed Schools Online."
Connect to the Middle East Peace Network see how Kamran has been
connecting school children together from around the world.
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72. Arabs & Jews Related
Postscript to the book on Ishmael by Robert Brow (www.brow.on.ca)
http://www.brow.on.ca/Articles/ArabJew.htm
EVIDENCE FROM GENETIC STUDIES
It is fashionable among Old Testament scholars to dismiss the table of
nations in Genesis 10 as an ignorant invention, and to view the
stories of the patriarchs as mythical tales. Who could have expected
the science of modern genetics to prove that a common origin for Arabs
and Jews is totally plausible?
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73. DAY AFTER DAY
40th Internetional Thessaloniki Film Festival, November 1999
http://www.filmfestival.gr/1999/official/gitai/02_uk.html
The film tells the story of an Arab-Jewish family in Haifa. Moshe,
born to a Jewish mother and an Arab father, is a 40-year-old
hypochondriac, who works in the family bakery. He is married to Didi
and having an affair with Grisha, while nurturing secret fantasies
about his doctor. He shares his innermost fears and desires with his
childhood friend Jules, unaware that they are sharing the same woman.
In this second part of the "City Trilogy", filmed in his hometown of
Haifa, Gitai portrays the contradictory bourgeois landscape of Israel
with a keen eye, irony and, above all, tenderness.
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74. Sami Shalom Chetrit
http://www.unitedpoets.org/la_nov02.htm
Sami Shalom Chetrit was born in Morocco and relocated to Israel with
his Arab-Jewish family in 1963. He grew up in an immigrant working
class neighborhood in the port city of Ashdod (former Palestinian
village Asdud). He writes and publishes poetry, political essays and
articles in many journals and papers. and is active in Mizrahi
deprived communities on alternative equal education and empowerment.
In 1993 he was among the founders of Kedma – the alternative
educational organization for equality in education in Israel, and
served as the school principle of Kedma high school in southern
Tel-Aviv. In 1996 he was among the founders of the social movement
Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit(The Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow
Coalition), that has been struggling for economic and social justice
in Israel. Last year I finished my Ph.D. study on the Mizrahi struggle
in Israel. It will appear as a book in Hebrew in 2003. Today, I teach
critical studies and work on new studies and publications. Sami Shalom
Chetrit is the editor of the alternative web portal Kedma – Middle
Eastern Gate to Israel.
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75. Oasis of Peace Community
http://nswas.com/news/week_by_week/week_by_week_may30-Jun5-99.htm
Visit of President of Rotary International, Mr. Glen Kinross
On Tuesday June 1, 1999, the village was honored to receive Mr. Glen
Kinross, the President of Rotary International. ... In his entry to
the visitors' book, Mr. Kinross wrote:
"It has been a very special pleasure to visit Neve Shalom/Wahat
al-Salam and to see the integration of the Arab/Jewish children. The
teaching of language, the understanding of other cultures and the
search for common ground along the road to peace are all important to
the peace process among the human family everywhere. The ultimate goal
of Rotary International and the Foundation is world understanding and
Peace. I admire and commend the work you are doing. Your goal and the
goal of Rotary International are parallel. Best wishes for the future
expansion of your work."
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76. The Haifa Foundation
Giving Wisely: Directory of Israeli Nonprofit and Philanthropic
Organizations
http://www.givingwisely.org.il/cgi-bin/xGWexpandF.pl?language=E&amuta=91
Purpose: To assist in the advancement of education and culture,
Arab-Jewish coexistence, communal services, environment, recreation
and sport, and to promote civic pride and a sense of responsibility.
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77. Arab-Jewish School (*)
By Mati Milstein, April 22 2002
NIW ? Dutch Jewish Weekly
http://friendvill0502articles.homestead.com/24ArabJewish220402.html
JERUSALEM ? There is a place in southern Jerusalem where you can't
tell the Jews apart from the Arabs.
The Hand in Hand Jerusalem Bilingual School is a small place, a quiet
enclave that seems far away from the realities of the stormy
Israeli-Palestinian conflict taking dozens of lives just a few
kilometers away. Located in the low to mid-income Gonen section of
southern Jerusalem, not far from the Israeli Arab neighborhood of Beit
Safafa, this Arab-Jewish elementary school is one of just two of its
kind in the country. (A second school is located in the Galilee region
between the Arab town of Sakhnin and Jewish Misgav).
Just under 89 Arab and Jewish Israeli children attend the Jerusalem
school, set up in 1999 and run by the Hand in Hand non-profit
organization which was established two years earlier by Lee Gordon and
Amin Khalaf, Israelis of Jewish and Arab origin, respectively.
Visitors to the state-recognized school face a difficult, if not
impossible, task at attempting to distinguish between the mostly
bilingual Jewish and Arab children who switch with relative ease from
one language to another.
[...]
"The current situation has pulled the rug out from beneath our feet,"
Khalaf said. "But it is forbidden for the violence to destroy what we
have built over the past years. Our way of preserving this endeavor is
through dialogue, by continuing to speak and to understand the other
side." According to Khalaf, the school's kids are "smarter" than their
parents and their ability to deal with the conflict is much greater.
"For my son in grade three," he said, "it is very clear: We are all
human, we need a solution and we need peace. War is a bad thing. The
children are a smart nation. They have much to teach us."
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78. THE BRIDGE: JEWISH AND ARAB WOMEN FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Ada Aharoni(Ph.D), THE BRIDGE - Coordinator
ADDRESS: 57 Horev Street, HAIFA, ISRAEL 34343.
Phone: (972)4- 8243230
Fax: (972)4- 8261288
Email: adah@matav.net.il
http://tx.technion.ac.il/~ada/the-bridge.html
In 1975, two years after the Yom Kippur War, together with the late
Ruth Lys, Violet Khouri, Ruth Dayan, Yardena Cohen, Eugenie Khlef, and
other Israeli and Arab/Palestinian women, we founded in Haifa, Israel,
a Voluntary Association: THE BRIDGE: JEWISH AND ARAB WOMEN FOR THE
PROMOTION OF WOMEN AND PEACE. This was the first association of its
kind in Israel, that dared to gather Jewish and Arab women in the same
organization, to promote the status of women, and peace in the Middle
East. We met with much criticism and resistance, sometimes violent,in
both sectors. However, we knew we were promoting a just cause which
required courage and perseverance, and it gave us strength to act and
struggle to promote our goals. To this day, twenty three years later,
we are still working hard but quietly, to promote women and peace in
the Middle East, and in our entire global village.
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79. Our Jerusalem -- A petition for Peace
http://www.gush-shalom.org/jerusalem/
Jerusalem is ours, Israelis and Palestinians - Muslims, Christian
and Jews.
Our Jerusalem is a mosaic of all the cultures, all the religions
and all the periods that enriched the city, from the earliest
antiquity to this very day - Canaanites and Jebusites and
Israelites - Jews and Hellenes, Romans and Byzantines, Christians
and Muslims, Arabs and Mamelukes, Othmanlis and Britons,
Palestinians and Israelis. They and all the others who made their
contribution to the city have a place in the spiritual and
physical landscape of Jerusalem.
Our Jerusalem must be united, open to all and belonging to all
its inhabitants, without borders and barbed-wire in its midst.
Our Jerusalem must be the capital of the two states that will
live side by side in this country - West Jerusalem the capital of
the State of Israel and East Jerusalem the capital of the State
of Palestine.
Our Jerusalem must be the Capital of Peace.
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80. Theoretical Options for the Status of the Arabs in Israel
http://66.155.17.109/peace/publications.asp#7roads
The Institute for Peace Research at Givat Haviva initiated an
extensive study, seeking to examine theoretical options for the
adjustment of the status of the Arabs in Israel, as individuals and as
a group. The book includes research which examines the following
aspects of the options: their description, their practical
implementation and their significance for several groups: the Jewish
majority, the Arab minority, the international community, the Jewish
and Palestinian Diaspora, and the Arab countries. Finally, the options
feasibility is considered. It is important to stress that the
presentation of the various options does not involve support or
rejection of any one or more of them, by the authors.
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81. Children Teaching Children
http://66.155.17.109/peace/community.asp
THE ELISE ANN LAURIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – "CHILDREN TEACHING
CHILDREN"
Elise Ann Laurin was born on August 8, 1937 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
and grew up in New Hampshire. Her wide range of interests – travel,
the Middle East, religion, language, people and community – found
expression in her way of life.
[....]
Elise died of cancer in April 1996. After her death, Rachel Glacon of
Padova, Italy, suggested to Yitzchak Armon of Kibbutz Yas’ur that
friends of Elise Laurin establish a fund in her memory. Yitzchak Armon
proposed to Elise’s friends in America that the fund provide a
scholarship to develop one of the programs existing at Givat Haviva.
Amongst the various programs of the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace-Givat
Haviva, the Children Teaching Children program was chosen as a fitting
memorial to this special person, whose life was devoted to and
inspired by inter-personal communication, human relations,
understanding and peace.
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82. Dialogue Through Poetry
http://www.dialoguepoetry.org/
In order to create true dialogue among civilizations, the coordinators
contacted reading coordinators, editors, poets, and poetry lovers
around the world and asked them to setup readings in their cities to
support this program. During the last week in March 2001, there were
over 200 readings in 150 cities around the world. The readings were
open to everyone. We are continuing the program and are organizing
readings for the week of 16, March 2003--Dialogue Through Poetry Week.
In addition, that week includes UNESCO's World Poetry Day.
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83. Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center
http://meria.idc.ac.il/
The Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center strives
to produce accurate, groundbreaking research and analysis on
contemporary issues using the latest approaches and technologies. We
focus on the modern Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, and Turkish
studies with an emphasis on electronic as well as traditional means of
dissemination. GLORIA aims to provide reliable research materials for
use by scholars, diplomats, journalists, and students.
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84. BUILDING RELIGIOUS/CULTURAL BRIDGES BETWEEN ARAB AND JEWISH
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
By Ben Mollov and Musa Isa Barhoum
MERIA: Middle East Review of International Affairs, Issue 5, March
1998
http://meria.idc.ac.il/news/1998/98news5.html#a2
As educators of university students we would like to share our
experiences as supervisors of a unique student dialogue which has been
taking place for the last several years. The dialogue has involved
students from Bar-Ilan University and Palestinian students from a
variety of Palestinian universities. We believe that the experiences
of the above-mentioned dialogue points the way and serves as an
excellent head start toward the possibility that both Arabs and Jews
can achieve positive perceptions of each other. In contrast to the
belief that religion only serves to fan the flame of conflict, the
dialogue has shown that the religious cultural background of both
Islam and Judaism can contribute to a friendly psychological
atmosphere which will bridge the gap between the two peoples.
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85. The Israel-Arab Reader, co-edited by Barry Rubin
(sixth edition, Viking-Penguin, 2001)
http://gloria.idc.ac.il/publications/books/israel_arab_reader.html
The new, revised and completely updated sixth edition of the
Israel-Arab Reader has been published by Penguin Putnam. This
paperback covers the Arab-Israel conflict and peace process from its
inception a century ago to the present day, including material on the
2000 Camp David summit, Clinton plan, and the new intifada. Almost
50,000 copies of previous editions are in print, making this one of
the most widely used reference books on the Middle East.
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86. The Tragedy of the Middle East, by Barry Rubin
(Cambridge University Press, 2002)
http://gloria.idc.ac.il/publications/books/tragedy.html
The Middle East is probably the world’s most tumultuous and
crisis-ridden region, yet the reasons for this situation are far from
clear. The Tragedy of the Middle East suggests that this problem
arises from regimes strong enough and able to use certain "trump
issues" to block reform. Only in the Middle East have rulers found
ways to win ongoing mass support for dictatorships that do not provide
peace, prosperity or freedom. For many decades this system’s record
was so bad that a debate finally arose in the 1990s over whether the
region’s states and societies should follow the patterns accepted
elsewhere in the world. Yet once it was clear that the proposed
remedies endangered the current ruling elites and dominant ideas, key
leading groups rejected the necessary compromises that they were
unwilling to make. The result has been the region’s return to old
patterns of conflict and stasis.
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87. AL AMAL CHlLD CARE CENTER -- THE HOPE FLOWERS SCHOOL
Home of Peace Education in the Middle East
POB 732 Bethlehem, Palestine * Via Israel
http://www.mideastweb.org/hopeflowers/
Hope Flowers School is a Palestinian school in El Khader, in the south
Bethlehem area of the West Bank (Palestine), dedicated to education
for coexistence, peace, non-violence and democracy. We want you to
know about Hope Flowers, because it really does represent a flowering
of hope for peaceful relations between Palestinians and Israelis.
Hope Flowers staff and students visit Jewish schools inside Israel.
Hope Flowers has a program of Jewish volunteers teaching students
arts, computers, and Hebrew.. The school also sponsors a series of
peace education workshops for Palestinian and Israeli educators.
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88. Center for Creativity in Education and Cultural Heritage
http://www.coexistence.org/?oid=1219
This imaginative project engages more than 2,000 Jewish and Arab
children, teachers and families in a lively exploration of both
cultural traditions. With the guidance of parents and grandparents,
Arab and Jewish middle school students from Jerusalem and the
surrounding area will explore their own cultural backgrounds at home
and then meet regularly to share their cultures. Activities will
include traditional cooking, games, and crafts. The project
incorporates teacher training and brings families together for
year-end neighborhood events. This is the sixth year The Abraham Fund
is supporting this project.
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89. The development of Israeli children's images of Jews and Arabs and
their expression in human figure drawings.
Y Teichman, Dev Psychol, Nov 2001
http://www.apa.org/journals/dev.html
...The development of images of "a Jew" and "an Arab" in Jewish
Israeli children who were 4-15 years of age was investigated...Results
indicate that, irrespective of age, Jewish Israeli children have
generalized images of the two ethnic groups...
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90. Beit Hagefen - Arab/Jewish Cultural Center (*)
E-Mail: bhagefen@netvision.net.il
http://www.haifa.gov.il/beit-hagefen/
Beit Hagefen - a municipal, national and international center - was
founded in 1963 to create a meeting place for social and cultural
encounters between Jews and Arabs and to encourage and promote
understanding and coexistence. The center operates as a non-partisan
association and is supported and funded by the Haifa Municipality, the
Ministry of Education Culture and Sport, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs as well as private donors. Beit-Hagefen initiates and
organizes models of meetings between Jews and Arabs of all age groups:
kindergartens, school pupils and adults.
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91. SALAM Review: An electronic magazine about the struggle for peace
and justice in the Middle East
http://www.leb.net/bcome/
"Salam Review is a monthly electronic magazine about the struggle for
peace and Justice in the Middle East. We are dedicated to providing a
balanced view of the Middle East and the Palestine / Israeli conflict.
Our alternative information focuses on the Israeli occupation, human
rights, democracy, and justice issues for the people of the Middle
East."
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92. I Am No Occupier, Full Stop!, by Uri Ya'acobi
SALAM Review, December 2002, Issue No. 105/106
http://leb.net/bcome/
[Here follows a letter to the editor, published in all the main
Israeli papers. Uri Ya'acobi (18) is one of the Shiministim who
announced long in advance their refusal to serve in the army. Uri sent
it the day before his enlistment, on August 15. He is since then in
jail.]
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93. Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem
http://www.arij.org/
Founded in 1990, the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) is
a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable
development in the occupied Palestinian territories and the
self-reliance of the Palestinian people through greater control over
their natural resources.
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94. Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
http://www.sakakini.org/
The Sakakini Cultural Centre is an non governmental organization
dedicated to the promotion of arts and culture in Palestine.
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95. MIFTAH -- The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global
Dialogue & Democracy
http://www.miftah.org/
Miftah is a Palestinian, Jerusalem-based, independent institution
committed to fostering the principles of democracy and effective
dialogue based on the free and candid exchange of information and
ideas. Established in January 1999, Miftah's underlying premise is the
integration of several processes: Palestinian nation-building and
empowerment on the basis of the principles of democracy, human rights,
rule of law, and participatory governance; international
reconciliation and cooperation; the gathering and dissemination of
information and the active participation in the global dialogue as an
equal partner.
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96. IS ARAB-JEWISH COEXISTENCE STILL POSSIBLE IN ISRAEL?
Dr. Ron Kronish, May 21, 2002
http://www.icci.co.il/coexistence.htm
Is Arab-Jewish Coexistence still possible in Israel? The answer is a
resounding “yes”.
Let me explain why.
Arab-Jewish Coexistence is happening every day in this country. With
all the problems and obstacles – and there are many of them—the Arab
minority of nearly twenty percent coexists in the same country with
the Jewish majority without violence or bloodshed ninety-nine percent
of the time.
The rioting that took place in October 2000 – at the beginning of what
is known as “the second Intifada” – was the exception, not the rule,
in Israeli society. Indeed, it was so exceptional and so unusual that
it led to the creation of a state commission of inquiry, the Orr
Commission, which met for over a year to study what happened during
those fateful days nineteen months ago. And since that time,
virtually no rioting and no physical violence has erupted between
Arabs and Jews in Israel.
This is a remarkably different situation than the one that prevails
just a few kilometers away, in “the Territories” or the West Bank and
Gaza, where a mini-war has been raging for nearly 20 months, with
hundreds of people killed on both sides, Israelis and Palestinians,
with no end in sight.
Moreover, one of the more amazing phenomena in Israeli society – which
is not widely enough known within Israel or abroad – is that there are
literally hundreds of grass roots organizations in Israel which are at
work day and night actively preserving the delicate fabric of our
civil society through a wide variety of educational and advocacy
programs. Many of the programs in peace and coexistence education are
funded by the Abraham Fund, the New Israel Fund, and other foundations
and governments from abroad which want to help preserve some form of
sane coexistence in conflict-ridden Israel.
Despite what one reads in the newspapers and sees on television,
extremist forces are in fact not sweeping Israeli society. On the
contrary, the forces of moderation are present in large numbers in
Israel, as evidenced by so many thousands of people working together
in a great variety of programs to improve relations between
Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews in this country. These voices
deserve to be heard more in Israel and abroad.
Some examples:
Our Jewish-Muslim Dialogue group – comprised of 15 Israeli Arab and
Jewsish educators and activists and facilitated by an Arab and a
Jew—is now in its third year and has continued to meet regularly once
a month, since February of this year. Even in difficult times – when
one would have thought that the meetings would be cancelled – the
group continues to meet and to grapple with the real issues – such as
Land and Identity -- confronting Jews and Arabs in this country.
Our Jonah Dialogue group – consisting of 10 Israeli Jewish educators
and clergy and 10 local Palestinian Christian clergy and educators—is
now regrouping to continue its dialogues, after a number of
postponements this year. This is the only Jewish-Christian dialogue of
local Palestinians and Israelis in Israel, and its very existence
bodes well for the future. This year the group is expanding its
membership with an eye to enlarging this network for the future.
Over 75 Israeli Arabs and Jews came together this week at Kfar
Hamaccabia in Ramat Gan in a day of intensive discussions convened by
the Abraham Fund, which culminated in a grants ceremony, recognizing
the good work of more than 60 groups in Israeli society (including the
ICCI) working actively to improve relatiions between Jews and Arabs in
this country in the growing field known as Coexistence Education.
Is the situation perfect? Far from it. But it is also not impossible.
Jews and Arabs within Israel are able to interact freely and without
fear, a phenomenon which is not possible between Israelis and
Palestinians (on the West Bank and in Gaza) due to the ongoing
conflict in the region.
Coexistence, therefore, between Arabs and Jews in Israel, is not only
possible and actually taking place on a regular basis, but it is the
historical and contemporary imperative. We have no real choice but to
find ways to live together in this society. Hopefully this will also
become the case in the region as a whole in the future.
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97. Myths of the Middle East, by Joseph Farah
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15066
and More Myths of the Middle East
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15073
and
http://www.haruth.com/MBIntifada.html
Collection of articles and personal letters about the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They generally portray a hopeless
situation, in contrast to the article by Kronish (item 96). Very
confusing.
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98. American immigrants recreating the Garden of Eden
By Judith Sudilovsky
The Jerusalem Post, Sunday, January 5, 1997
http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/05.Jan.1997/Features/Article-14.html
(December 15) When Jerusalemites think of Arab-Jewish relations, the
words that most likely pop into their minds are probably "conflict,"
"tension," and "dispute." It may be difficult to imagine Arab-Jewish
relations which are free of heavy political connotations and strains,
but, up in the north of the country, things seem to be different.
"Forget Jerusalem, now we are in Haifa," Dr. Motti Peri, the director
of the Beit Hagefen Arab-Jewish Center, told a group of visitors from
the Tantur Ecumenical Center and the Interreligious Coordinating
Council in Israel who had come to take a look at Arab-Jewish
coexistence programs in Galilee. Haifa, he said, is well-known for the
good relationship which exists between the various communities.
Despite this boast, and although in Galilee Arabs and Jews live side
by side, with Arabs sometimes out numbering Jews in certain areas,
until about eight years ago their lives had run alongside each other
and not had not been integrated, according to some Jewish residents of
the area.
"We cooperate in business, but in terms of living together, we live
separate lives," said Yitzhak (Ed) Snitkoff of Kibbutz Lavi. "The
contact is not very deep. We meet the same people ญ the people we work
with. But the Arab villages are separate too, they don't all get along
with each other."
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99. No, an Exercise in Jewish Self-Debasement
by Edward Alexander, Middle East Quarterly, December 1998
http://www.meforum.org/article/134
If the root of the Arab-Israeli conflict were a misunderstanding,
dialogue between Arabs and Jews might be the solution, and a village
where Arabs and Jews live side by side, such as Neve Shalom, would
indeed be the model for regional peace. Unfortunately, the
Arab-Israeli conflict is not the equivalent of an American-Canadian
tariff dispute, where two parties have legitimate but differing points
of view, whose premises can be understood, if not acquiesced in, by
the other side. In the Middle East, the two sides do not misunderstand
each other at all, but, rather, understand each other only too well.
The Arabs do not accept a Jewish state in their midst, and the vast
majority of Israelis refuse to yield up their national sovereignty.
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100. Jewish Peace Fellowship (*)
http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/
http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/Resources.htm
The Jewish Peace Fellowship has always strongly supported Israel's
right to exist, while at the same time recognizing the right of
Palestinians to their own country and government. We support peace
forces in Israel and in Palestinian areas and deplore both Israeli and
Palestinian violence and all efforts to scuttle the peace process. We
believe that both peoples can only survive in peaceful coexistence and
cooperation with one another as well as with their neighbors.
This website promotes peaceful collaboration between Arabs and Jews,
and provides a long list of links to good examples of cooperation.
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