Education & Empowerment
Israeli Freedom School
This intensive, immersive program empowers young Israelis to develop the knowledge and skills to be leaders in nonviolent grassroots action towards a more equitable reality for all peoples between the river and the sea.
Through a series of political lectures, tours and workshops participants engage with the tough questions of identity, the conflict and the occupation.
Co-funded by the European Union
Palestinian Freedom School
Over the course of a unique six-month program, Palestinian participants from 18 to 29, from various locations in the West Bank, explore the impact of the occupation on their identities, receive training in nonviolent activism, and engage in collective resistance efforts. The cohort meets for one weekend per month, with approximately 25 emerging activists in each group. They engage in fieldwork and political tours, gain a comprehensive understanding of Palestinian history, identity formation, and the principles of nonviolence, as well as develop key advocacy skills.
Co-funded by the European Union
From Occupation to Reconciliation
This course aims at empowering new Israeli activists of all ages and backgrounds and providing them with the experience, knowledge and community necessary to be active in the peace movement.
Over three months, participants engage in informative lectures and tours, exploring various political, historical and social topics surrounding the conflict and the occupation.
What difference does it make?
This four-day summer program is designed for Israeli youth aged 15-18. It offers them an opportunity to learn about the occupation, challenge the narrative they grew up with, hear from Palestinian and Israeli activists, and feel inspired to become actors of change.
Through workshops, conferences and a field trip in Hebron with Breaking the Silence, they practice critical thinking and explore ways to join the nonviolent resistance movement.
Athar - Impact
This series of workshops is intended for Palestinians who want to develop nonviolent ways to resist the occupation and engage in joint activism. Over the course of five meetings, they explore collective memory, intergenerational traumas, nonviolent communication tools and strategies to resist the occupation.
Participants then meet with alumni from the “From Occupation to Reconciliation” course to build relationships that support long-term binational activism.
Land Beyond the Mountains
This program focuses on creating societal change from within the classroom. Jointly organised by Breaking the Silence, Ir Amim and Combatants for Peace, these seminars equip Israeli teachers and educators with the tools to effectively facilitate discussions about the occupation and challenge traditional narratives about the conflict with their students.
Freedom School of Faith
Similar to the Israeli Freedom School, this immersive experience is aimed at engaging Israelis from a religious Jewish background in issues of human rights, justice and equality for all peoples between the river and the sea.
Organised by the Faithful Left with Combatants for Peace’s support, the program’s pedagogy is rooted in Jewish texts, religious speakers and a curriculum that accommodates participants from a religious or spiritual background.
Encounter meetings
We lead encounter meetings with Israeli youth in pre-military programs before their compulsory service, sharing personal stories from an Israeli and Palestinian activist of the movement. For most of these teenangers, this is the first time they have met a Palestinian or heard the story of an Israeli who is renouncing violence and choosing to work with the supposed "enemy" for peace. Encounter Meetings help expose Israeli youth to life under the occupation and alternatives to the current reality.
Educational webinars
We organise online webinars and events that expose a wider audience to the reality of the occupation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a human rights lens, and advocate for our mission of joint nonviolent resistance.
Breaking down barriers
We are actively creating the alternative reality we wish to see in the land by healing trauma, building trust and denouncing violence.