BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27207@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:The School for Peace: Continuing the Dialogue DTSTAMP:20260909T200800Z DTSTART:20261011T120000Z DESCRIPTION:For over forty years\, the School for Peace at Wahat al-Salam/N eve Shalom has\nbrought Palestinians and Israeli Jews together in dialogue that confronts\,\nrather than avoids\, the realities of the Israeli–Pales tinian conflict. What does\nit mean to remain in dialogue in a time of vio lence\, war\, and deep polarisation?\nAnd what can solidarity mean when ex periences\, expectations\, and relations of\npower are profoundly unequal? \n\nFounded in 1979\, the School for Peace developed a distinct educationa l\nmethodology in which political differences\, group identities\, history \, and power\nrelations are brought into the dialogue rather than set asid e. The aim is not\nnecessarily agreement or reconciliation\, but to create a space in which\nparticipants can examine identities\, assumptions\, exp ectations\, and\nresponsibilities\, including those within their own group .\n\nWhile many dialogue initiatives were suspended following in the after math of\nOctober 7\, 2023\, the School for Peace continued its binational programmes.\n\nThis afternoon concludes a three-day working session with f ourteen participants\nwho met online over 5 months and followed a seminar in Germany before. They will\noffer an insight into their continuing proce ss: why they take part\, what has\nbeen difficult\, what has changed\, wha t dialogue can make possible\, and where its\nlimits lie.\n\nThe group wil l then move from talking about dialogue to exploring a question\nthat has become increasingly important within the group: what does solidarity\nmean in a context of conflict and unequal power? What can we expect from one\n another? And can solidarity coexist with profound political disagreement?\ n\nJournalist Guus Valk\, who lived in the collaborative village Wahat al- Salam/Neve\nShalom for a year\, will introduce this afternoon. Earlier thi s year\, he visited\nthe village again and described in an article for NRC \n[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/02/13/in-het-enige-joods-palestijnse-dor p-van-israel-wordt-elkaar-begrijpen-steeds-moeilijker-a4919507]\nhow curre nt events\, in the wake of everything that has happened since October 7\,\ nhave pushed relations within the community to breaking point. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-school-for-peace-continuing-the-dia logue GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596 LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,community,geopolitiek & mensenrechten,leidsepl ein,talk X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

For over forty years, the School fo r Peace at Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom has brought Palestinians and Israeli Jews together in dialogue that confronts, rather than avoids, the realiti es of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. What does it mean to remain in dia logue in a time of violence, war, and deep polarisation? And what can soli darity mean when experiences, expectations, and relations of power are pro foundly unequal?

Founded in 1979, the School for Peace dev eloped a distinct educational methodology in which political differences, group identities, history, and power relations are brought into the dialog ue rather than set aside. The aim is not necessarily agreement or reconcil iation, but to create a space in which participants can examine identities , assumptions, expectations, and responsibilities, including those within their own group.

While many dialogue initiatives were suspended fol lowing in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, the School for Peace continued its binational programmes.

This afternoon concludes a three-day wo rking session with fourteen participants who met online over 5 months and followed a seminar in Germany before. They will offer an insight into thei r continuing process: why they take part, what has been difficult, what ha s changed, what dialogue can make possible, and where its limits lie.

The group will then move from talking about dialogue to exploring a que stion that has become increasingly important within the group: what does s olidarity mean in a context of conflict and unequal power? What can we exp ect from one another? And can solidarity coexist with profound political d isagreement?

Journalist Guus Valk, who lived in the collaborative v illage Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom for a year, will introduce this afternoo n. Earlier this year, he visited the village again and described in an article for NRC how current events, in the wake of e verything that has happened since October 7, have pushed relations within the community to breaking point.

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