The Abrahamic Reunion is training a cohort of Israeli and Palestinian Young Peacebuilders from all the major faiths in the Holy Land: Muslims, Jews, Christians, and Druze. Key peacebuilding skills are taught experientially through encounter, dialogue, historical and religious site-visits, exercises, Virtual Reality (VR), lectures from leading peacebuilders, and later in the year, an extended overnight camping trip.
This program is being coordinated by Israeli Programs Director Abed Manasra, Amutah Assistant Roie Kleitman, and International Director Sheikh Ghassan Manasra.
Since 2018, the Abrahamic Reunion has conducted 35 events and trainings for 948 youth and young adults from the different faiths and cultures of the Holy Land. These courageous young leaders and youth have come together to get to know each others’ faiths, thoughts, leaders, ideas, and sites; they have met online via Zoom, participated in multi-faith text studies, used Virtual Reality modules from the
Paths to Peace Foundation (P2P) and Peace Literacy Institute (PLI), they have volunteered at Abrahamic Reunion Peace Summits, painted a mural together, presented at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and traveled across the country for peace!
These youth represent the future of the peacebuilding movement, carrying hope for a better life.
Some Young Peacebuilders Events:
- “Turn down the noise a little bit” – Youth Report, April 2023 — Report + Photos
- Cross-Border Report, 3/16/2023
- March 2023 Virtual Reality (VR) Youth Program with Paths To Peace (P2P) — Report, Photos, Video
- February 2023 Palestinian Youth Meeting (Online) — Event Report & Photos
- Young Peacemakers Sept, 2022 Meeting
- June 2022 – Bethlehem Youth speak to International Delegation of Peacebuilders – Report + Photos
- 2022 Yad Vashem + Ein Karem Visit with International Delegation — Report + Photos
- March 2022 Online Event featuring the Young Peacebuilders (Video featured below)
- “Not to Lose Hope, No Matter the Difficulties” June 2021 Palestinian Youth Meeting — Report
- June 2021 Cross-Border Youth Meeting Online — “Arab Youth Regroup after 2021 Gaza War” — Report
- “Youth: A Word Synonymous with Hope” — Youth Program Description from Abed Manasra
- December 2020 “Taste of Peacemaking” Online Event featuring the Young Peacebuilders (Video featured below)
- June 2020 Cross-Border Zoom Meeting — Report + Photos
- March 2020 – Murals – “From the Heart of Suffering We Make Hope” – Report + Photos (Longer, Full-Length Report & Photos)
- Nov 2019 Palestinian Young Peacebuilders Peace Journey Through the West Bank — Report + Photos (Longer report + Many Photos
- Sept 2018 Youth Meeting in the West Bank – Report + Photos
- First Young Peacebuilders Training! April 2018 — Photo Gallery
Some Abrahamic Reunion Young Peacebuilders Videos: