The members of the Youth United in Peace Network stay in close contact through their Facebook groups and other social networks throughout the Corona period. Again and again they plan to meet each other also in real life, but...
Tara B.*: The seminar was one of the greatest experiences for me – I’m not exaggerating – the seminar was very important for me. I was discussing it with my coordinator the other day: I think before the...
Despite the second corona wave in Israel and Palestine, with rising numbers of cases and renewed contact restrictions, partners and participants of “Vacation from War” are still active and staying in touch with each other. Due to the Covid-19...
The Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy, publishes its „informations“ for members four times a year. This time we also wrote contributed with a text about the current situation in Palestine and Israel, which we share here with you....
What happens before the dialogue seminars for Israelis and Palestinians in Germany? Of course, the participants prepare for the seminar and are selected by the local coordinators according to certain criteria. The Palestinian coordinator of the women’s*seminar shared with...
Almina Šehić is a member of YU-Peace and coordinator of the Youth Center in Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, the local partner organization of Vacation From War. In 2019, the “camp”, the organization of which rotates annually between the five partner cities...
One of our staff members in Serbia shared with us this text about the protests taking place in Serbia right now. We publish it without the name of the author as (s)he fears repression. We have demonstrations in the...
This is the third time I have started this letter and as they say, the third time is supposed to bring good luck. I would like to thank you very much because you gave me the opportunity to be...
Hena Trutovic is the daughter of our regional coordinator Alma Dzinic-Trutovic. She has been participating in the encounters ever since she was three years old. She was always enthusiastic about helping everywhere: delivering messages, getting things out of the...
David R.* is 33 years old and grew up in the fourth generation in a Kibbutz near Haifa. He describes his family’s political stance as humanist-liberal-left and went to demonstrations with his parents as a child. Peace and equality...