Sapir Handelman, CEO of the “Minds of Peace” organisation and negotiation moderator, met up with a group of EMIS students in order to prepare them for the annual Peace Simulation that will be taking place February 21st until February 22nd at the Leon Charney Resolution Center in HaKfar HaYarok, Israel. Throughout this meeting, he explained to them the structure of the simulation, what each stage of the debate is and what they would need to be doing throughout the entire event. Stay tuned to see what resolutions these students will come up with for peace!
Read moreIsraeli-Palestinian Congress of High School Students by Sapir Handelman
On October 18, 2018 the Charney Resolution Center and the Minds of Peace NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations) led the two parts of an Israeli-Palestinian Public Negotiating Congress made up of teenagers. A delegation of 25 Palestinian high-school students met a delegation of 25 Israeli high-school students in Tel-Aviv to discuss, debate, and negotiate solutions to their current situation.
Read moreMediation class first cohort!
Ben Dvash, Hakfar Hayarok head of boarding school, Tzurit Yehuda, mediation facilitator, Michal Atzmon, CRC director, with the first cohort of our mediators!
For the past three months, a group of EMIS students met once a week with Tzurit Yehuda of Gevim Group, for an elective mediation course. On May 29, we all met for the last time this year, to evaluate and hear from the students what they took from this experience.
Read moreEMIS' Good Deeds Day
The tradition of EMIS’ Good Deeds Day launched on Friday, April 13th. EMIS’ Good Deeds Day is a collective volunteering day that will take place in April once a year where all the first-year students come together and contribute to society as a community. This year we decided to focus on an environmental issue. During this past Passover, many people decided to travel into various natural settings for the holiday but unfortunately had no respect for the locations that they were visiting and left a LOT of garbage wherever they went. This trash eventually makes its way into the water and causes pollution and danger for marine life living in those areas. Thankfully, The Charney Center and the Nature and Park Authority were kind enough to send us to the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Mevo'ot Yam. There we saw the turtles that have been saved by the center and we decided discussed the central issue responsible for their suffering. Afterwards, we all went to the shore and divided into groups to pick up the trash outlining the coast. In 2 hours, we managed to fill up over 40 bags of trash that was left on the shore. By doing this, we helped to save the sea turtles and other animals that could have been choked or trapped by left trash. The experience was very powerful as everyone contributed and understood the meaning of their actions. One of the significant learning outcomes from this day was that we should always clean up after ourselves and never leave dangerous human products in nature where it can cause pain and suffering.
By Keren Saban
Xinhua | "Agreement reached" in peace talks simulated by Israeli, Palestinian children
"Agreement reached" in peace talks simulated by Israeli, Palestinian children. (Xinhua Photo)
Agreement reached" in peace talks simulated by Israeli, Palestinian children. (Xinhua Photo)
JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- On a sunny afternoon in central Israel, tens of Israeli, Palestinian students filled a small library and engaged in a passionate debate in a simulation of peace talks between Israel and Palestine.
Arabic, English, and Hebrew were heard across the room as the teens were on a deadline. They had 24 hours of simulation peace talks, and at the end of them, their task was to forge an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians.
Read moreStudents Rebuild Corner Stone Art by Nati Shamia Opher
The work is a cornerstone, offering a new point of view of the full reciprocity between two nations forced to share the same territory. A semblance of a Sabra. An unresolved paradox of nationality. A mute testimony to the borders of deserted villages. The metaphoric evolution of the plant into the figure of the Hebrew pioneer. A representation of symbolic healing. The patchwork of cactus leaves brought by the students from the various regions in which they dwell. The leaves carry the concrete genetic stores of ancient bushes, as well as the symbolic evolution of the subjects they represent.
Read moreopened Mediation course in partnership with "Gevim"
Today a personal dream for the Charney Resolution Center came true: we opened a mediation course with 26 EMIS students.
Mediation is a language in and of itself and is a crucial tool for reaching win-wins in conflict resolution. Our vision is to eventually open a meditation center in the school, where the course's graduates will help their peers to resolve conflicts and disputes in an effective and respectful way.
Read moreStorytelling Through Film Workshop
On Friday, December 1st, a few students from the Eastern Meditteranean International School (EMIS) started their weekend participating in an intimate workshop with NYU Tisch Professor, writer, director, and producer Tzipi Trope. After a brief introduction explaining her diverse background as a filmmaker including documentaries, features films, and series, Tzipi dove into the workshop describing how nearly everything in life can be understood as storytelling
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