You are here: Homepage Tag conflict in the Middle East Articles Avital Benshalom Photo: Ali Ghandtschi Shared society | Israel “How do you keep a vision of peace without sounding naïve?” Avital Benshalom runs the Hagar School in Be’er Sheva, where Jewish and Arab children learn together. How did the school continue its work after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza? Interview with Avital Benshalom 09/12/2024 Photo: Ali Ghandtschi Shared society | Israel “I don’t want coexistence if I don’t have equality” In Israel, the Jewish and Arab populations share a common everyday life, but currently the peaceful coexistence could escalate any moment. Mohammad Darawshe, Strategy Director of Israeli peace organization Givat Haviva, talks about emergency programs and damage limitation Interview with Mohammad Darawshe 09/12/2024 Rocky hills in the Negev Desert in Israel Photo: Getty Images Desert | Israel As fleeting as shifting dunes With their sweeping horizons and emptiness, deserts have inspired religions, myths and inner-reflection. But ever since last year’s violence, Israel’s Negev desert has been linked to new and devastating images By Ayelet Gundar-Goshen 02/05/2024 Heroes Visiting enemies How I learnt about heroism by listening to Palestinian fighters. By Lizzie Doron 05/02/2018
Avital Benshalom Photo: Ali Ghandtschi Shared society | Israel “How do you keep a vision of peace without sounding naïve?” Avital Benshalom runs the Hagar School in Be’er Sheva, where Jewish and Arab children learn together. How did the school continue its work after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza? Interview with Avital Benshalom 09/12/2024
Photo: Ali Ghandtschi Shared society | Israel “I don’t want coexistence if I don’t have equality” In Israel, the Jewish and Arab populations share a common everyday life, but currently the peaceful coexistence could escalate any moment. Mohammad Darawshe, Strategy Director of Israeli peace organization Givat Haviva, talks about emergency programs and damage limitation Interview with Mohammad Darawshe 09/12/2024
Rocky hills in the Negev Desert in Israel Photo: Getty Images Desert | Israel As fleeting as shifting dunes With their sweeping horizons and emptiness, deserts have inspired religions, myths and inner-reflection. But ever since last year’s violence, Israel’s Negev desert has been linked to new and devastating images By Ayelet Gundar-Goshen 02/05/2024
Heroes Visiting enemies How I learnt about heroism by listening to Palestinian fighters. By Lizzie Doron 05/02/2018
