Presented during the 2017 Presidential Peace Conference in Atlanta. Track D, Session 4: Youth in Action and Pillars of Peace

1. Peace-building: practical tools -
changing mindsets
Presenter: Dan Shanit, Jerusalem Rotary Club
Date: June 10, 2017

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – 69 years of
peace making attempts
Egypt-Israel 1978 Rabin-Arafat 1993
Barak-Arafat 2000 Olmert-Abbas 2007 Netanyahu-Abbas 2010
Jordan-Israel 1994

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Should peace - building be left only to the
politicians?

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Rotary Peace Education Initiative

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Rationale
The current situation in
Israel, calls for a youth
intervention program in
an attempt to overcome
the alienation, distrust
and violence between
the two local
communities, Jewish
and Arab .

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• To develop a youth
leadership team aiming to
impact their communities in
the development of a joint
society.
• Acquiring skills for non-
violent conflict management
• Inspiring dialogue,
tolerance & hope among
young people.
The objectives

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The Annual program
• 50 high school students -
2 Arab and 2 Jewish
schools from Jerusalem
& the Galilee
• An experiential summer
leadership seminar
• Students emanating from
16 towns and villages.

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• Review various world
conflicts (Cyprus, Sudan,
N. Ireland)
• Tools for analysis of
disputes: origins & the
attempts to resolve them.
• Local dispute: an
international perspective.
• Reconciliation: Rwanda,
South Africa, N. Ireland.
• Cross - living experience.
Curriculum of Annual Program

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• Experiential learning to allow the creation
of an intimate and intense discourse and
dialogue, in order to strengthen
agreements among the these potential
young leaders.
• Building a competent young leadership
cadre, able to deal with conflicts and
having the desire to spread the mission of
peace in their communities.
Youth Leadership Summer Camp

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Presentations…

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and simulations

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Our Partners
RC Monchengladbach, Germany
District 1870, Germany
District 9675 , Australia
RC Lambert Airport home Club, US
RC Southeast Tulsa, US
RC of Lake Arrowhead Mountain Sunrise, US
District 6110, US
District 5330, US
District 6060, US
District 5170, US

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Jews, Arabs… Our kids

14. Medicine in the service of Peace

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Medicine in the
Service of Peace
A cross-border partnership for treatment and
capacity building, where services are lacking.

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The Objectives
• Offering life-saving cardiac
surgery to Palestinian infants
and children suffering from
congenital cardiac
malformations.
• Developing local capabilities:
training cardiologists, &
genetic counsellors.

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The Partners
• RC Jerusalem Rotary Club
• RC Annemasse Genevois
• RC Houilles-Bezons-Sartrouville
• RC Fes-Karaouyine
• RC Nazareth
• RC Issy les Moulineaux
• RC San Remo
• District 1780
• District 1730
• District 2490
• District 1660

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The benefits
• Saving the lives of children through access to
quality medical care is a moral obligation.
• Training healthcare personnel guarantees
independent quality of care.
• Exposing both civil societies to an integrated
approach of joint endeavors, humanitarian
and professional = Peace-building.

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Last words…
• We must think differently, look at things
in a different way.
• Peace-building requires a world of new
concepts, new definitions.
• We live in a global world. People no
longer dwell alone. We are all required
to join the global journey toward peace,
reconciliation and international
cooperation.

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