Israël – Palestine: “Education for peace, needs people who are not afraid to swim against the mainstream”

By Dr. Sarah Ozacky-Lazar, UNESCO – Peace Laureate

ISRAEL- While the political process towards peace in the Middle East seems to move forward slowly but steadily, the internal process of change within the two societies – the Palestinian and the Israeli - might take generations. The transformation from a culture of war and conflict to a culture of peace is hard and painful, and there is no clear-cut formula a people can use in order to change its way of life.

Moreover – the two peoples would need to let go some of their significant dreams, compromise on basic conceptions and form new components to strengthen their national unity and solidarity.