JERUSALEM | Seeds of Peace convened a conference for 52 Israeli and Palestinian Seeds at the Tantur Institute in Jerusalem, where the Seeds analyzed the dynamics of national conflicts other than the Middle East conflict.
The program, called “Peace-ing It Together: Approaches to Conflict Resolution,” focused on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa as a means of building peace and repairing divisions among people once a treaty/agreement has been signed (a post-conflict method). The program also looked at the philosophy and strategy of dialogue and non-violence that Tibetans adopted in their struggle with China (an active conflict situation).
The program also combined serious discussion and dialogue sessions with presentations and activities that enabled the Seeds to think critically about their own narratives, identities, histories and truths by examining these other case studies.