Although small in number, Israelis and Palestinians committed to peace provide a glimmer of hope for the future. On this week’s edition of Making Contact, Israeli women defend Palestinian human rights at military checkpoints near Jerusalem. In Ramallah, we hear from Palestinian high school girls confronting issues of violence by Israeli troops and suicide bombers. And, just outside Jerusalem, we visit a school at Israel’s only integrated Jewish and Palestinian village. Correspondent Reese Erlich takes us on a tour of the region.
Featuring:
Ronny Perlman and Yael Israeli, Checkpoint Watch;
Gidon Perlman, medical doctor and reservist in the Israeli Defense Forces;
Joseph, a Palestinian taxi driver;
Hussein Faroun, resident of Abu Dis;
Hind Awwad, Amra, and Rena, students at a Quaker high school in Ramallah;
Abdessalam Najjar, public relations officer for Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salaam;
Ruth Schuster, resident of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salaam;
Riak Rizik, former mayor of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salaam
This program was produced by the National Radio Project and PeaceTalks on September 15, 2004.
For more information, visit:
radioproject.org
peacetalksonline.org
www.machsomwatch.org/
www.nswas.com/ (Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salaam website)
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