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After 40 years in conflict zones, mediator Hiba Qasas discovered the missing ingredient in peace talks: forget empathy and start with self-interest. Her approach brought hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian leaders into active collaboration during wartime.
When Irish soccer fans got refunds for a relocated match, they turned €3,000 into school supplies for children in the West Bank. The West Belfast supporters' club chose compassion over cash.
Director Annemarie Jacir refused to give up on her vision, insisting on filming in Jerusalem even when war threatened to shut down production entirely. Her historical epic just made the Oscar shortlist and won Best Film at Tokyo International Film Festival.
Abdul Karim al-Rimawi held his 13-year-old son Majd for the first time after spending 25 years in Israeli prisons. Majd was conceived through sperm his father smuggled from prison for IVF treatment in 2013.
Even as diplomatic hopes fade, 250 Israeli and Palestinian civil society leaders gathered in Paris to prove grassroots peacebuilding is still alive. Their message to world leaders: the window for peace remains open.
Local governments across Palestine are getting a major boost to go solar, thanks to a new $25 million financing program that combines loans and grants. The initiative aims to slash energy bills while building energy independence across the region.
A Palestinian committee and the World Council of Churches just signed a historic cooperation agreement in Geneva focused on justice, peace, and human dignity. The partnership strengthens international support for protecting Christian communities in the Holy Land.
British customers have donated over £190,000 to plant 40,000 olive saplings across the West Bank, restoring hope to Palestinian farming families. Since 2011, the fair trade initiative has sponsored more than 300,000 trees.
Palestinians in Gaza are lighting up their first Ramadan celebration since the October ceasefire with lanterns, decorations, and shared meals despite living in tents and destroyed neighborhoods. Communities are finding ways to revive holiday traditions and support each other after more than two years of war.
A seed library in Bethlehem safeguards Palestine's agricultural heritage while its founder works from New York to protect threatened crop varieties. Palestinian farmers and diaspora communities now grow ancestral plants that carry centuries of cultural stories.