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Negotiating
Our Future  Funded by the EU
Joint project between CCRR and
school for peace
Our aim of
this program is to gain an understanding of obstacles to a peaceful
future for Palestinians and Israelis. The SFP and CCRR will initiate
simulated negotiations between 30 Palestinian and 30 Israeli
participants in order to examine how knowledge gained in the field of
professional Jewish – Palestinian encounter work can contribute to
political negotiations between the two peoples.
The
participants will represent a broad sector of the population, giving
voice to groups that are marginalized and usually overlooked in the
negotiating process. The entire process will be documented and
accompanied by action research. We will produce a working paper about
the obstacles and the possibilities that we identify in the process.
The paper will be distributed widely to decision – makers in political
and academic circles.
Overall
Objectives:
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To broaden both societies’ commitment to finding humane
solutions to our conflict.
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To create legitimate discourse about sensitive issues
that are generally left for a “later stage” or for “final status
negotiations.” Dialogue would address issues that are often regarded as
non – negotiable such as the Palestinian right of return, including
Diaspora Palestinians and Palestinians from Israel in the negotiations,
or negotiating with “terrorists” etc.
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To create a setting for direct “track- two” negotiations
and dialogue between teams which widely represent Jewish and Palestinian
societies rather than working solely with elite groups. This means
giving a voice to groups that are generally marginalized in the official
negotiating teams such as women, Mizrahim (Eastern Jews), refugees,
prisoners, Palestinian citizens of Israel and
others.....
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