The Torch — Edition 5 // Volume 49

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31, 2013 VOLUME Â 50 // EDITION Â 5

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Left to right: Jewish Federation of Lane County grants manager Kristina Lahtinen introduces Dotty Indyke, executive director of Creativity for Peace, and students Deema Yusuf and Yaara Tal, who present two perspectives on Palestine and Israel at an Oct. 21 Lane Peace Makers Project discussion at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED BY MISSY CORR

Visiting students share stories to promote peace MOHAMMED ALKHADHER// EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In September, two students — one from Palestine and one IURP ,VUDHO Âł DUULYHG LQ Eugene as part of an LQLWLDWLYH WR EULGJH WKH JDS between people of two regions WKDW KDYH EHHQ DW RGGV IRU years. ´7KH\ KDYH WR FRPH miles away from home in order to hear what the other VLGH KDV WR VD\ Âľ &UHDWLYLW\ IRU Peace ([HFXWLYH 'LUHFWRU 'RWW\ Indyke said. &UHDWLYLW\ IRU 3HDFH LV FRVSRQVRULQJ WKH HYHQWV ZLWK Lane’s Peace Center and the Lane Foundation, which SURYLGHG \HDU ORQJ GRQRU funded scholarships to an Israelite, Yaara Tal, and her Palestinian counterpart, 'HHPD <XVXI DV SDUW RI WKH Peace Makers Project.

According to a press release, WKHLU VFKRODUVKLSV FRYHU WXLWLRQ at Lane, fees, books, supplies, UHQW DQG WUDYHO H[SHQVHV &UHDWLYLW\ IRU 3HDFH LV DQ \HDU ROG RUJDQL]DWLRQ EDVHG in New Mexico that seeks to promote peace and dialogue among women from Gaza and Israel. The organization recruits eight women from each side of WKH FRQĂ LFW WR DWWHQG D summer camp in New Mexico that trains them to listen and FRPPXQLFDWH HIIHFWLYHO\ )RXU RI WKH 3DOHVWLQLDQV OLYH LQ ,V UDHO ZKLOH WKH RWKHUV OLYH RQ Palestinian territory, Indyke said. Tal and Yusuf attended the camp in New Mexico, where they were selected to represent the program at Lane. Tal attended the camp in DQG <XVXI DWWHQGHG LQ “Our work is based on the

idea that an enemy is a person whose story you KDYHQ¡W KHDUG Âľ VKH VDLG during her Oct. 21 presenta tion at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. “We work with ZRPHQ Âł Ă€UVW RI DOO EHFDXVH we think they need to be trained as leaders, and because WKH\ RIIHU DQ DOWHUQDWLYH WR KRZ WKLQJV KDYH EHHQ IRU D long time.â€? &UHDWLYLW\ IRU 3HDFH ZRUNV H[FOXVLYHO\ ZLWK ZRPHQ Indyke said. ´, WKLQN ZH ZRXOG KDYH WR use, like, wrestling instead of dialogue,â€? Indyke said. “I think a program for boys that was so centered on the emotional piece of this would be hard.â€? ,QG\NH YLVLWHG (XJHQH IRU the scholarship recipients’ SUHVHQWDWLRQV Ă€UVW DW 7HPSOH Beth Israel and again at Lane, where Yusuf and Tal spoke Oct. 22.

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ZORA PARKER Â // Â Â PHOTOGRAPHER

“They come into this program often knowing nothing about the other side — absolutely nothing,â€? Indyke said. “How can you make SHDFH LI \RX GRQ¡W HYHQ NQRZ the story of the other side? You don’t know anything about them, except what you read in the newspapers. And on both sides, all they read is ‘the other side are monsters and they want to kill them.’â€? Indyke equated the space of Palestine and Israel to the size of New Jersey. “I remember my classmate’s FRPPHQWV VD\LQJ ÂśZH KDYH WR kill all the Arabs,’â€? Tal said. “I GLVFRYHUHG WKH\ DUHQ¡W WKDW horrifying.â€? Yusuf and Tal spoke about their experiences in the 3DOHVWLQLDQ ,VUDHOL FRQĂ LFW “They’re your neighbors, and they’re who are trying to kill you,â€? Indyke said. Yusuf told a story about her

family and their struggle to WUDYHO WKURXJKRXW 3DOHVWLQLDQ and Israeli territories. Jerusalem and Ramallah are PLOHV DSDUW ´0\ ROGHU VLVWHU OLYHV LQ Jerusalem but works in 5DPDOODK DQG WKH RWKHU OLYHV in Ramallah but works in Jerusalem,â€? Yusuf said, “and P\ PRP OLYHV LQ 5DPDOODK EXW works in Jerusalem.â€? Her family members tell her their experiences passing WKURXJK WKH FKHFNSRLQWV HYHU\ day. Tal shared her experiences growing up in Israel and the time she spent in the Israeli 'HIHQVH )RUFHV “I’d watch the border and make sure no one is coming into Israeli territory,â€? Tal said. ´,W¡V LQWHQVH DQG , VHUYHG D lot in cooperation with warriors,â€? Tal said. “It was really hard for me to express myself.â€? SEE PEACE PG. 3

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