More than 100 Arab and Israeli children visit Boston/Maine/Washington, DC as part of program designed to promote Middle East Peace
WASHINGTON, DC | In an announcement made by Seeds of Peace founder John Wallach, it was revealed that the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is sending a delegation to the Seeds of Peace program—a unique summer camp for Arab and Israeli children created to promote peace in the Middle East. The teenaged Jordanian boys and girls join more than 100 young people—Egyptians, Israelis, Moroccans, and Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza—who arrive in Boston on Wednesday, August 17, for a month-long visit to the United States.
Wallach noted: “We are thrilled that the Seeds of Peace camp will be the site for the first-ever meeting of Jordanian and Israeli youngsters. We hope the seeds that are sown in Boston, Maine and Washington, DC, this summer will bear the first real fruits of the Israeli-Jordanian peace process.”
The participants, who will travel together from the Middle East, will take part in a 5-day orientation tour at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Tufts University. Beginning Monday, August 22, the two-week summer camp experience in Maine is designed for the youngsters to get to know one another in a relaxed and supportive environment. In addition to the sports and arts activities, daily coexistence sessions are held at the end of each day, conducted under the supervision of professional American and Middle Eastern facilitators. The program concludes with the delegations’ visit to Washington, DC, September 5-10.
Inaugurated in 1993 by Wallach—Middle East expert, author and foreign editor of Hearst Newspapers—Seeds of Peace is guided by the belief that if peace is to become a reality in the Middle East, its foundation must be launched by the next generation.