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Two days later, pro-Israel counterprotestors attacked pro-Palestinian students at UCLA, descending upon their tent encampment, hurling objects, swinging sticks and sending more than two dozen to ...
Initial incentive to form the dialogue group came from coexistence models of the 1980s in the Middle East and Africa. Examples are: Neve Shalom ~ Wahat as-Salam (Oasis of Peace), a village where Jewish and Palestinian Israeli families live and learn together, and Koinonia Southern Africa, [17] [18] founded by Reverend Nico Smith during apartheid years, which gathered thousands of Blacks and ...
[1] The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations released a statement supporting the deportation, saying that "all Americans who support the cause of peace in the Middle East and reconciliation between Arab and Jew will understand the reasons for Israel’s action" and that "Hamas has declared war on Israel. Israel must ...
2. The quality of the candidate as a person and of her/his sustained contribution to peace. 3. The candidate's work on issues of peace, justice, human dignity, and the integrity of the environment. 4. The candidate’s possession of a worldview and/or global impact as opposed to a parochial concern. 5.
In this context, Leiner is the editor of the series “Research in Peace and Reconciliation” (RIPAR) at Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Göttingen), which offers case studies on conflict and reconciliation from various regions and continents. Currently, 7 volumes are planned, two of which were published in 2012 and 2014.
Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures, Syracuse University Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8156-2725-4; Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies, U.S. Institute of Peace, 1997, ISBN 1-878379-73-9; The Journey Toward Reconciliation, Pennsylvania: Herald Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8361-9082-3
The Peace Colloquy is a major conference on peace held annually at the Community of Christ headquarters. The Community of Christ promotes the Young Peacemakers Club as a means of teaching and promoting peace among children all over the world. In 2008, the church organized an additional 501(c)3 organization called the Peace Support Network whose ...
Peace Studies allows one to examine the causes and prevention of war, as well as the nature of violence, including social oppression, discrimination and marginalization. Through peace studies one can also learn peace-making strategies to overcome persecution and transform society to attain a more just and equitable international community.