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As Israel prepares for a critical election and Hamas forms a Palestinian cabinet, we explore the difficulty of reaching resolution in a land that its inhabitants, on both sides of the conflict, consider holy. Our guests in this two-part series, Israeli and Palestinian, identify deeply with the story and suffering of their own people. They are also individuals who from across tumultuous recent history have reached out to the other side. They find themselves embittered at the failure of the Oslo peace process, reeling from recent events, and uncertain about the future. We explore their unresolved questions and despair, and probe the deep longing for peace that remains within each of them and how they are imagining a future within new political realities.
March 9, 2006
An Israeli Perspective

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Program Details
» Particulars ¦ an annotated guide to the radio program with readings, images, and links
» Resources
» Books + Music
» SOF Playlist ¦ hear full-length tracks of each song played in the program
» Reflections ¦ tell us and other audience members what this program meant to you
» Krista's Journal
» Transcript
» Credits

Voice on the Radio
Yossi Klein Halevi Yossi Klein Halevi
Halevi is a correspondent for The New Republic, senior fellow of the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, and author of At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with Muslims and Christians in the Holy Land.

Image Details
A graffiti titled "Balloon Debate" by British graffiti artist Banksy is seen on Israel's controversial security barrier in Ramallah in the West Bank. (Photo: Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)
  SOF Exclusives
Checkpoints + Barriers
For a Palestinian perspective on the separation barrier, listen to Sami Adwan's thoughts on living in a walled-off land accompanied by images of the Palestinian people encountering it in their daily lives. For an Israeli perspectivei> on the security barrier, listen to the program with Yossi Klein Halevi.

Palestinian Christians in Dialogue
A Palestinian Bishop in the Holy Land
Listen to Krista's conversation with Riah Abu El-Assal, the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, who is a Palestinian Arab and an Israeli citizen. He describes his various experiences serving as a Christian priest in the Holy Land.

A Call for Inclusion
Born and raised in Jerusalem, professor of Political Science Saliba Sarsar writes about the need for a more inclusive set of voices in the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue.


Featured Writings
by Yossi Klein Halevi
» "Auschwitz Diarist: Pilgrim's Progress"
» "Letter to a Palestinian Neighbor"

by Sami Adwan
» "Suffering That Gets Us Nowhere"
» "What Went Wrong"
» Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative: Palestinians and Israelis
See selected passages from PRIME's textbook teaching each side's story, side by side, to 9th- and 10th-grade students.

by Mohammed Abu-Nimer
» "Peace Is Made with Our Enemies Not Friends"

Unheard Clips
Halevi: Five Years Earlier
Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Krista spoke with Halevi about the nature of fundamentalism. Listen to 20 minutes of that conversation, which might have new meaning today after five years of conflict.
  March 16, 2006
A Palestinian Perspective

SOF OnDemand:
» Download (mp3, 53:18)
» Stream (RealAudio, 53:00)
» Podcast

Program Details
» Particulars ¦ an annotated guide to the radio program with readings, images, and links
» Resources
» Books + Music
» SOF Playlist ¦ hear full-length tracks of each song played in the program
» Reflections ¦ tell us and other audience members what this program meant to you
» Krista's Journal
» Transcript
» Credits

Voices on the Radio
Mohammed Abu-Nimer Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Abu-Nimer is associate professor at the American University School of International Service in Washington, DC and executive director of the Salaam Institute for Peace & Justice.

Sami Adwan Sami Adwan
Adwan is an associate professor in the faculty of Education at Bethlehem University.