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מלאכי השלום לא משגיחים על העיר הלילהנכתב ע”י זוהר ינקו מישראל

Published: March 30, 2016
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Hebrew
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Tags: future, israel, palestine, peace, peace activism, yala young leaders

התלבטנו אם לסגור את הדלת הראשית או לא. שישי בצהריים בשוק לוינסקי, זהו סוף השבוע ותחילת השנה החדשה. במרחק של קילומטר מכאן כמה חייהם של כמה בחורים הגיעו לקיצם. צעיר אחר נכנס לבר ברחוב דיזנגוף בתל אביב וירה בהם למוות. הוא עדיין מסתובב איפשהו. אחותי הצעירה הייתה בקרבת מקום, וליבי ונישמתי נעצרו ל-40 שניות עד […]

When football becomes the reason of conflict instead of coexistence By Maroi ECH-CHARKAOUY, Morocco

Published: February 24, 2016
Categories: in English, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: FCBarcelona, football, morocco, peace, sport, tetouan

I am a huge football fan since I was 5 years old or so. I am a big fan of FC Barcelona, and also my city team “Moghreb Atletico de Tetuan”. I never realized that I become so racist and so fanatic when supporting my teams until this year. This year, I realized that I […]

What it’s like being an “outsider” inside the Israeli-Palestinian conflict By Aurelia Roddy, United States

Published: December 27, 2015
Categories: in English, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: conflict, diversity, Friendship, israel, outsider, palestine, peace, understanding, USA, yala young leaders

Just yesterday, I found myself in the middle of yet another Facebook debate, and of course it had to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (I know, I know, WHY do I even engage?!). Going into it, I somewhat knew how the conversation would unfold: Me: “Well you know, try to look at it from this […]

WELCOME TO EARTH by Sarah Perle, Israel

Published: December 9, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English
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Tags: activism, change, independenceday, israel, peace, terrorism, willsmith, yala young leaders

Everyday I open the News, I read and hear about Paris, Beirut, Bamako, Tunis, Sinjar etc. And somehow I keep thinking of “Independence Day”. Not the national holiday, but the extravagant American movie from the 90’s. It was one of my first strong movie experiences. I loved it! I was ecstatic before even seeing it. […]

Tel Aviv-Ramallah-Kigali: a peacebuilding journey, by Sarah from Israel & Hamze from Palestine – video –

Published: December 1, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, forgiveness, future, genocide, israel, palestine, peace, peace activism, rwanda, yala young leaders

Together we went to Rwanda and discovered what peace and reconciliation really means. Together we faced our fears and faced each other. Do Israelis and Palestinians have to go all the way to Rwanda to finally believe that peace is possible? We spent 10 days together in Rwanda. And when we say that, we […]

Love means Life by Weam, Syria

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in English, Past Special Editions, Tolerance
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Tags: family, love, peace, syria

I was 15 years old when my dad passed away. He used to tell me that mothers and fathers never die, because I was afraid of losing one of them. Unfortunately I believed him. I was a child. One day I opened my eyes to find that my dad had passed away. Since that day, […]

An agnostic Arab girl walks into a Synagogue by Mariam, Egypt

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in English, Tolerance
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Tags: budapest, crossborder, egypt, jewsandarabsrefusetobeenemies, peace, synagogue, yala young leaders

An agnostic Arab girl walks into an Orthodox synagogue in Budapest, Hungary. This is not the first sentence of a joke! It’s what actually happened at 7:50 am on October 12th. Okay, I do owe you some kind of explanation, so here we go… I have been interested in Jewish culture for almost 2 years now– […]

In the inability to trust – Noam Pash, Israel

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in English, Past Special Editions, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, israel, jerusalem, knives, palestine, peace, terror, Terroris, war, yala young leaders

It’s weird how the events in the political and national sphere can be so different from those of the personal sphere. Now things are so warmed up, with this on-going acceleration of aggravation, that it’s impossible not to see them as contradicting. or are they? I mean – people are so nice. Everybody is perfectly […]

Where We’re From by Tamar and Khalil from Israel and Palestine

Published: November 18, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Identity
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Tags: enemies, Friendship, identity, israel, palestine, peace, tolerance, yala young leaders

“Study the past if you would define the future” – Confucius Before we talk about today or tomorrow, we think it’s necessary to write a bit about the past. A major part of the misunderstanding between Israelis and Palestinians is that we aren’t taught the same version of historical events. We may have been […]

Il était une fois, en terre promise, pendant une sombre période que beaucoup voulaient appeler la troisième Intifada… by Chloé Portheault, Israel

Published: October 26, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, French, Tolerance
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Tags: dialogue, hope, intifada, israel, palestine, peace, yalayoungleaders, youth

Il était une fois, en terre promise, pendant une sombre période que beaucoup voulaient appeler la troisième Intifada… C’était une période obscure durant laquelle la colère et la peur s’étaient associées et accouplées. Leurs enfants avaient un goût de sang et les enfants des hommes s’entretuaient car leurs parents et grand parents n’avaient pas su […]

Peace Unchained by Ala Oueslati from Tunisia

Published: October 18, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Tolerance
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Tags: #Enough, conflict, peace, tolerance

When we fail to choose peace over war, we actually fail to find our identities. That’s when we start to realize that change doesn’t happen collectively, and that is when our emotional drives become so meaningless. I think what we need the most in order to promote an authentic culture of peace is a culture of […]

A moment before Shabbat. Shalom. – by Moriya Rosenberg, Israel

Published: October 15, 2015
Categories: in English, Hebrew, Identity, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, conflict, israel, IsraelPalestine, peace, tolerance

(Hebrew follows English) I’m standing at the side of the road in area C with a Palestinian, an orthodox Jew and a soldier. Sounds like the beginning of a good joke or a tragedy? In my case it was neither. It was a Friday evening, the beautiful moments of dusk just before Sabbath arrives. I […]

בין ייאוש ותקווה – אור סרי, ישראל

Published: October 13, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Hebrew, Tolerance
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Tags: israel, peace, peace activism, tolerance

בזמן החגים, כמו ישראלים רבים, הייתי בטיול בחו”ל. אז כשהמצב הדפוק הזה התחיל, הייתי בבועה שלי, וגם כשחזרתי העדפתי להישאר בה. אבל קשה להתעלם כשהחדשות תוקפות אותי מכל כיוון. ובינתיים כוחות הייאוש וכוחות התקווה נלחמים בתוכי, נאבקים ביניהם בזמן שאני תקועה באמצע. הייאוש גורם לי לדפוק את הראש בקיר ולא להצליח להבין איך אין למידה […]

Yom Kippour & Aïd al-Kebir, Chloe, Israel-France

Author: Chloe Perla Portheault, Israel-France
Published: September 25, 2015
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Current Events, French, Identity, Israel-Palestine, Religion, Tolerance
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Tags: Algiers, home, Humanity, Inspiration, opinion, peace, truth

By Chloé, Je vous parle d’un temps, où Kippour et le ramadan…. Yom Kippour approche. Ce jour, le plus important dans le calendrier juif, sera suivi cette année par la célébration de l’Aïd al-Kebir, la plus importante du calendrier musulman. La proximité de ces deux dates réveille en moi bien des souvenirs. Lorsque je vivais […]

How Can an IDF Soldier Wear a Palestinian Flag? by Angy Shavit, Israel

Published: August 2, 2015
Categories: in English, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, IDF, israel, palestine, peace, tolerance, yala conference, yala young leaders

There were a few hours left before I had to be at our meeting spot in Tel Aviv. So I started packing. Maybe this color isn’t nice? Maybe this color isn’t friendly enough? Maybe this color will scare them away from me? I took out something I could wear to sleep only to then realize […]

Prejudgements Are Ones First Enemy by Shadi Salameh, Palestine

Published: August 2, 2015
Categories: in English, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, israel, palestine, peace, tolerance, yala conference, yala young leaders

In the morning, I left very early leaving no chance to arrive late, and was very happy to see the departure area of the borders at the Palestinian side almost empty. I bought my tickets, got my passport stamped by the Palestinian policeman who liked my name and started to sing Fairuz’s song for me, […]

Chloé Perla Portheault, Israel – Photo essay –

Published: July 7, 2015
Categories: in Media, Photo Essays
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Tags: coexistence, israel, peace, YaLa Photo Essay

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Hind Touissate – photo essay –

Published: June 17, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English
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Tags: beirut, peace, photography, yala young leaders

Diversity For The Win! by Dyna Eslam, Turkey

Published: June 13, 2015
Categories: in English, Tolerance
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Tags: coexistence, diversity, peace, syria, turkey, yala young leaders

I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. That was one of the greatest challenges I had to face in my life. I’m a Syrian of Circassian origins (A community in the south-west of Russia). My parents brought me up with the strict Circassian values. Values that are all about respect and co-existence, values that […]

It Is the Same Sunset by Ala Weslaty from Tunisia

Published: June 11, 2015
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English
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Tags: activism, change, diversity, education, love, MENA, peace, peace activism, tunisia, yala young leaders, youth

Real Hope in the Land of Opportunities I had to put my camera down and surrender to the scene, my toes digging into the sandy dirt, saltwater splashing at my ankles, my eyes burning because of the warm salty breezes and the lack of sleep. I enjoyed standing there. I enjoyed squinting towards the horizon, […]

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