After the military escalation in Palestine and Israel in the past weeks, two of our partners shared their thoughts and feelings with us. Extracts from their sharings along with a report about the political situation in Israel and Palestine...
The tense political situation in Palestine and Israel has again escalated militarily in recent weeks; despite the „ceasefire“, the military confrontations do not seem to be over yet. Leah R.* (name changed), Israeli coordinator of the partner organization working...
Mira K. from Palestine attended the Women*s Seminar in 2019. Shortly before, she quit her job and following the seminar she went to Belfast to do a postgraduate program in Counselling and Health Communication. Upon her return, she spoke...
David R.* participated in the Allgenders Seminar in 2019. At the time, he talked about his time in the Army, his experiences at the seminar, and his plan to completely cut all ties with the Army and refuse reserve...
Shir B. graduated from the master’s program „Conflict Transformation and Social Justice“ in Belfast in 2020. She wrote her master’s thesis about the Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue Seminar for Women*, which she coordinates. In an interview with Katharina Ochsendorf, she shares...
Samira P.*, 28 years old, was born and raised in Jenin. She recently finished her studies and now lives in another city, far away from her family. In the summer of 2019, she participated in the Allgenders seminar for...
Again and again, participants of our Peace Camps in the former Yugoslavia write that they found friends there that they would never forget. Vanja Nedic tells the story of Emina, Johnny, Nicola, Semir and herself; they met in 2007...
(Text: Tessa Pariyar) In the summer of 2019, together with the coordinators of the Palestinian-Israeli Women’s* seminar, we came up with the idea of a Speakerstour through Germany, where project staff from Israel and Palestine would present their work...
„YU-Peace is for me a big step towards a better world. One great community with one goal, to bring peace to the world. We go step by step, because that is the only way to reach the goal, we...
„It all started on an ordinary day. The phone rang and someone asked, „Would you like to go to a peace camp?“ I didn’t know exactly what to expect, but I said yes and a great adventure began. At...