An ardent and passionate spokesperson for the program he founded, Mr. Wallach, who is the son of Holocaust survivors, walked away from his successful thirty-year career as a journalist for the Hearst newspapers in order to devote all his time and energy to the Seeds of Peace project. People have to believe in peace for it to endure. Otherwise the treaties are just pieces of paper.
Young people have to have something that is worth protecting and defending.
He estimates that upon their arrival at camp, three-quarters of the Palestinian teens do not accept Israel even within its 1948 borders. They have not made the personal accommodation that their leadership has. In discussing the importance of Holocaust education, Mr. Wallach explains that every camp session ends with a visit to the Holocaust museum in Washington. The Arab kids have no idea about the Holocaust. One camper said the Holocaust was when the rich Jews killed the poor Jews.