Good News from The Abraham Initiatives

Jan 5, 2022 | Updates | 0 comments

The Abraham Initiatives are thrilled to say that their model of Shared Learning between Jewish and Arab students has been officially recognized by the Israeli government. It is a real moment of hope for building positive Jewish-Arab relations through...

Happy New Year from Wahat al Salam-Neve Shalom

Dec 30, 2021 | Newsletters, Updates | 0 comments

TalkMatters supports and promotes the work of Wahat al Salam-Neve Shalom. We present below a message from some of their children. You can read more on their website. Dear friends,  A few hours before 2022 enters, we’d like to wish you Happy New Year from the first...

New video from Solutions Not Sides

Dec 6, 2021 | Updates | 0 comments

“Rage, Revenge & Repair” – the new video from Solutions Not Sides Solution Not Sides (SNS) offers non-partisan educational sessions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for young people in the UK.   The programme provides humanising encounters and...

Replay our November 2021 webinar

Nov 4, 2021 | Updates, Webinar Archive | 0 comments

Hear how the courageous women and men of the Abrahamic Reunion have dedicated their lives to bringing together Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Druze prayer leaders from Israel and Palestine.  In this webinar from 3 November 2021, our...

TalkMatters interview with with Mori Sela, the Founder of Israelis and Palestinians for Peace

Sep 24, 2021 | Interview, Updates | 0 comments

Interview with Mori Sela, the Founder of Israelis and Palestinians for Peace and with Isam Bitar, an active supporter. The Israelis and Palestinians for Peace organization’s mission is to bring Israelis, Palestinians and world supporters of peace to connect on a...

Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed interview with Rabbi Steve Wernick

Sep 22, 2021 | Updates | 0 comments

The Friends of the Arava Institute have shared with us this video of Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed speaking with Rabbi Steve Wernick of Beth Tzedec Congregation The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is a leading environmental studies and research institute in the Middle...

Birthday Celebration Videos

Sep 10, 2021 | Updates | 0 comments

To celebrate the first birthday of TalkMatters we created six short video episodes with some highlights from our first year of webinars. Here are all six: 1 – Interfaith Encounter Association Highlights (4 min 58 sec) of Carolina and Fatima from the full webinar...

Highlights from TalkMatters’ first year of webinars

Sep 9, 2021 | Updates | 0 comments

Here is a fast-paced quickfire selection of clips from inspirational speakers that we’ve enjoyed throughout the last twelve months: We take in the Interfaith Encounter Association (where we hear from Carolina and Fatima), then Women Wage Peace (with Rafa and...

Replay our August 2021 webinar

Aug 31, 2021 | Updates, Webinar Archive | 0 comments

Last week TalkMatters held a Zoom meeting with Mohammed Fahili and Clare King Lassman from the Akko Arab-Jewish Community Centre.  I am sure that those who were able to join us will agree that Fahili and Clare are inspiring speakers.  By...

Oasis of Peace Newsletter – Mid 2021

Aug 16, 2021 | Updates | 0 comments

Rebuilding the School for Peace We are happy to report that we have achieved commitments for the funding necessary to rebuild the School for Peace complex. Seventeen different foundations and organizations have committed to assist us in this crucial project,...