Yet they developed a curriculum for home teaching, and sent weekly lessons to parents. They held secret dialogue sessions with Israelis every fortnight, and called their meeting room the most democratic in the world. On other occasions when I had met with the Beit Sahour group, they had been composed mostly of older people. This year, at the Center for Rapprochement, the majority were young, bright, eager young people, busy formulating policy and preparing new actions. Elders, who are their teachers, also attend.
Planning involves activists from around the world.
Recently a group of young people from Denmark visited and worked with them, and ended by inviting them to spend a ten-day holiday in Denmark. The group's newest project, teaching conflict resolution in Palestinian schools, is supported by Austria. They think we are killers, terrorists. After they stay in our homes, they are less frightened but they take the risk of losing their jobs if they visit us. Some still do it, but settlers don't come here.