NABLUS | Ten Palestinian Seeds gathered February 21 to participate in a three-hour facilitated discussion about the status of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
The meeting opened with the Seeds viewing a news feature about the talks, before they launched into a dialogue about the peace process and Palestinian strategy during the negotiations.
Seeds expressed their pessimism about the US-mediated process, noting the asymmetry of power between the sides and the inability for US Secretary of State John Kerry to freeze continued Israeli settlement construction. They also shared their fears that the American side would propose a solution that did include the return of refugees, Jerusalem, or the creation of Palestinian state.
The participants agreed that more internal dialogue between Palestinian factions was critical.