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Opinion| Foreign peace plans are not the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, By Dvir Aviam, Israel

Author: By Dvir Aviam, Israel
Published: February 6, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics
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Tags: Deal of the Century, Middle East Peace Plan, peace, trump, United States

As an Israeli, I felt the collective gratitude and jubilant mood prevalent in the Israeli society after the white house announced their new peace plan, effectively validating Israeli claims for 30% of the Israeli occupied territories. As a peace activist, however, I felt disappointed that our long term goal- two states solution according to the […]

From Pain Into Action by Sam A, Palestine

Author: Written by Sam A, Palestine
Published: July 14, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, IsraelPalestine, music, palestine, palestinianrefugees, Palestinians, peace, storytelling

We are all humans, with blood and feelings. When words come from our authentic heart, this will reach out to other people’s hearts and minds. I believe in change, I want to make a change in my community and other communities, I want to show all the world my story as a Palestinian refugee. I […]

The Change Just Started / A Palestinian refugee between the hammer of pain and the anvil of hope By Sam A, Palestine

Author: By Sam A, Palestine
Published: July 7, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Jordan, Palestine, Tolerance, Travel
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Tags: AravaInstitute, IsraelPalestine, palestine, Palestinians, peace, peace activism, peacebuilding, storytelling, yala young leaders

After graduating from university in 2015, I spent three years moving around the cities of the West Bank, unemployed and looking for a job or any other opportunity. Given the situation of favouritism and nepotism in my country, all my attempts meant nothing, and I lived three years in a bubble of puzzle and isolation. […]

Recovering Memories by sam A, Palestine

Author: By Sam A, Palestine
Published: May 16, 2019
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Tolerance
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Tags: peace, peacebuilding, storytelling

After the blockade, we survived, but the suffering did not end yet. We did not have a school in my camp, we used to walk for twenty minutes to the UN school at a neighbouring refugee camp. Today, 15th May 2019, I am writing my story and recovering memories with my mother. I ask, “Mom, […]

I’m tolerant, however… By Imen R, Tunisia

Author: By Imen R
Published: April 7, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Development, Education, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Jordan, Palestine, Tolerance, Travel
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Tags: acceptance, conference, Humanity, peace, peacebuilding, tolerance

Since my childhood, peace and war were the main topics talked about in my school, my family gatherings, on TV, on the radio, my Facebook newsfeed, and more. When people talk about war, I knew what I can imagine: conflicts, bombs, fire, death, corps, guns, hate, and tears. But peace! Oh dear, what’s peace? Is […]

Photo Essay | Chaos & Faith by Paula, Brazil-Israel

Author: By Paula, Brazil-Israel
Published: September 7, 2018
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Identity, Language, Photo Essays, Travel
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Tags: Al-Quds, conflict, holycity, holyland, jerusalem, peace, photography, religion, YaLa Photo Essay

By Paula

Demonstration in Tel Aviv by Yahel Galili – Israel [PHOTO ESSAY]

Published: January 31, 2018
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English
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Tags: demonstration, future, israel, palestine, peace, peacenow, rabinsquare, rally, Tel Aviv, twostatesolution

To mark 50 years of Israel’s ongoing occupation of the West Bank, a large rally was held in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. Left wing politicians, artists and organization leaders got on stage to speak for peace and against the current government’s choice not to promote it. Further captions for each individual photo: 1- Largely unpopular […]

My Journey towards education and humanity by Sarah, Egypt

Author: by Sarah, Egypt
Published: January 31, 2018
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, Egypt, Human Rights
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Tags: #thinkactyala, change, education, egypt, facebook, hope, israel, learning, MENA, online, palestine, peace, peacebuilding, yala, yalacampaign, yalayoungleaders, youth

YaLa Young Leaders changed me. When I noticed the Facebook ads for the page the first time, I was about 22 years old and in my 6th year of medical school. It was interesting; the page was suggested by Facebook because one person I was following liked the page. I think it was a good […]

Death and All His Friends – YaLa in Jordan

Published: January 21, 2018
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Jordan
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Tags: conflict, enemies, family, fear, israel, IsraelPalestine, israelpalestineconflict, occupation, palestine, peace, tragedy, trust, understanding, yala, yalayoungleaders, youth

Nothing prepares you for that moment when someone looks you in the eye and tells you they have lost a loved one to this war. No psychology degree can teach you how to keep your lungs and heart going when you know you’ve got nothing… Nothing to say or do that could bring their mother, […]

Peaceful Jerusalem by Aliza Davids, Israel – PHOTO ESSAY

Published: December 11, 2017
Categories: in English, Photo Essays, Tolerance
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Tags: Culture, holycity, israel, IsraelPalestine, jerusalem, palestine, peace

Jerusalem is the most calm and the most tense place all at once. It’s also my favorite city to photograph. Tomorrow, May 24th, marks fifty years since the reunification of Jerusalem which was once split and partially controlled by Jordan. For the Jews this was a very significant event because they were finally able to […]

Aravrit, the language of peace by Shany, Israel

Published: December 7, 2017
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English
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Tags: #aravrit, #thinkactyala, Arabic, Hebrew, inteview, peace, peacebuilding, typography

Meet Aravrit: Brilliant new font created by designer Liron Lavi Turkenich is the new typography of peace! […]

Truth, Dream or Fiction? by Noa Cohen, Israel

Published: December 6, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English
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Tags: #endviolence, #thinkactyala, Borders, conflixt, dialogue, fakenews, fear, gaza, israel, IsraelPalestine, lies, news, palestine, peace, peacebuilding, propaganda, rockets, truth, war

It was a weekend in 2012, when I came home to spend Shabbat (the Jewish day of rest) with my family in Haifa. At that time I was part of a one year volunteering program in which Israeli-Jews and Israeli-Bedouins worked together in educational frameworks around Be’er Sheva. My Bedouin peer was Dalila (pseudonym) – […]

Being a Good Leader

Author: Barez, Iraq/Kurdistan
Published: December 5, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Education, English, Human Rights, Iraq
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Tags: #bethechange #gandhi #iraq #kurdistan #proudkurd #futureleader, #futureleader, #socialgood, change, equality, goodleader, Humanity, Iran, leader, leaders, leadership, peace, present, youth

I believe that good leaders have many different qualities, but one that unites them all is their wish to create a comfortable, peaceful situation for society as a whole by tackling existing troubles. In doing so, they avoid planting any negative thoughts in society. I also believe that the main priority for a good leader […]

Working together by Noor Freg, Israel

Published: November 23, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Identity
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Tags: arabandjews, elections, israel, israelielections, IsraelPalestine, palestine, peace, peacebuilding, politics, yalacampaign

Four years ago my dad was elected for the first time to be a member of the Knesset, which is similar to the congress. He was the 5th member of the party called “Meretz”. It was one of the happiest moments for him, his family, and his friends. He finally achieved what he was aiming […]

Yemenites with No Religious Differences by Mokhtar Ramadan, Yemen

Published: November 23, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance, Yemen
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Tags: #thinkactyala, coexistence, family, inclusion, memories, peace, peacebuilding, religion, yemen, yemenite

On June 7, 2017, my grandfather from my mother side, who is now about 73 years old, came to my house and spent a couple of days with us: me and my family. We are from Al-Nazhah village, Ibb, Yemen. My village is about 150 km south of Sana’a, the Yemenite capital. In my village […]

Kids Creating Peace by Rachel Yardeni, Israel/USA

Published: November 15, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, Friendship, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: #yalacampaign #peacebuilding, education, israel, palestine, peace, peaceprogram, teenagers, tolerance, youth

I walk into a room, and at first sight, everything seemed normal. Nothing seemed out of place. I was observing a group of young teenagers enjoying each other’s company, listening to music, and dancing. As a young Jewish 18-year-old, coming straight from New York City to Israel, this type of hanging out was what I […]

WARRING KIN by Ifeoluwa, Nigeria

Published: September 7, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Nigeria
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Tags: childhood memories, conflict, hatred, nigeria, peace, violence, youth

I was eleven years old when I woke to the sound of bullet cartridges pattering on the iron sheet roof of our home. It was 15 years ago. From that moment everything I had known about this small town, Ile-Ife, where I was born in Nigeria , changed forever. Life as I knew it came […]

Dueling perspectives and dual perspectives: The responsibility of journalists in the Middle East, By Eliana Rudee, Israel

Published: August 23, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Friendship, Human Rights, Saudi Arabia
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Tags: #crossculturalexchange, #thinkactyala, coexistence, gaza, gazawar, israel, IsraelPalestine, palestine, peace, YaLa Citizen Journalist, yalacampaign

In 2014, I was in Israel on a social entrepreneurship program with 35 other Americans and Israelis. We were here when Hamas kidnapped three Israeli boys and we were here when we later found their bodies. A week later, our lives were momentarily halted when we heard the wails of sirens, notifying us of incoming […]

Meeting the Neighbors by HADAS DAVID

Published: July 5, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: border, checkpoint, crosscultural, crossculturalexperience, hebron, israel, neighbor, other, palestine, peace, understanding, yalacampaign

ISRAEL — I want to share with you my first encounter with Palestinian people. I am from Israel. Born and raised. Ever since I can remember, it has always on the table- us and them. Jews and Arabs. The endless conflict over land in the name of religion. I was raised by a center- right […]

The Teachings of Salaam by YULIA GLICH

Published: July 4, 2017
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Identity, Latest Articles
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Tags: #eupeacebuildinginitiative, #thinkactyala, crossculturalexperience, identity, israel, palestine, peace, peacebuilding, racism, understanding, USA, yalacampaign

ISRAEL — I was 10 years old when my parents took me to a celebration of Israel’s 50th Anniversary. I saw men and women dancing and singing, inviting the audience in a small Russian town to rejoice with them…

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