October 2024
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Where We Stand
Values We Embrace
Leadership Development
Addressing Peacebuilders at PeaceCon 2024
Problem-Solving With Activists at Univ. of Maryland
Engaging Young IDI Diplomats
PeaceWorks on Campus
Engaging Tomorrow's Leaders
In the News
Israel-Palestine Conflict
By Jonathan Lincoln, Georgetown
Celebrating Simultaneous Truths
By Stephen Bartell, Princeton
An Argument for Less Debate
By Jane L. Risen, Univ. of Chicago
Horizon of Hope
Dialogue as Therapy
ROPES Summit in Azerbaijan
New Peace Parameters by Ehud Olmert and Nasser al-Kidwa
Uniting for a Shared Future Issues Charter
Where We Stand
Values We Embrace
Inspired by the vision of the Peace Works Movement, Heart of a Nation embraces the values they stand for:
- We condemn violence and terror.
- We believe everyone must be assured of security for themselves and their families.
- We believe that all people must have the same inalienable human rights.
- We believe in coexistence and the indisputable right of national self-determination.
- We reject the status quo that allows conflict between Palestinians and Israelis to continue and deepen.
Leadership Development
Addressing Peacebuilders at PeaceCon 2024
Problem-Solving With Activists at Univ. of Maryland
Engaging Young IDI Diplomats
Peaceworks on Campus
Engaging Tomorrow's Leaders
PeaceWorks on Campus is an effort of the PeaceWorks Foundation in consultation with Heart of a Nation to counteract toxic, polarized academic environments by introducing America’s future policymakers to Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders with a new forward-looking coexistence narrative.
In the News
Israel-Palestine Conflict
by Jonathan Lincoln, Georgetown
"Eschew the hateful and intimidating language prevalent on campus and draw inspiration from advocates of peace and coexistence, even if they are sometimes hard to hear."
Celebrating Simultaneous Truths
by Stephen Bartell, Princeton
"I have felt deeply conflicted between my support for the State of Israel and my broader concerns about violence, injustice, and the loss of any human life."
An Argument for Less Debate
by Jane L. Risen, Univ. of Chicago
"I’d like to question the notion that debate is always the best way to share our ideas or discover truth. Instead, I’d like to make a pitch for dialogue."
Horizon of Hope
Dialogue as Therapy
Couples Therapy’s Orna Guralnik and former participant Christine have very different views on Israel and Palestine. Could they try to understand one another without the conversation breaking down?
ROPES Summit in Azerbaijan
Last month, amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, ROPES held a summit in Azerbaijan for an inspiring group of 30 emerging leaders from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, and six Arab countries.
New Peace Parameters by Ehud Olmert and Nasser al-Kidwa
Israel’s 12th prime minister and a former Palestinian foreign minister have agreed to work together for peace.
Uniting for a Shared Future Issues Charter
Although we have experienced this conflict in different ways and from different sides, we share in each other’s pain and sorrow – for the loss of our friends, our loved ones, our homes, and our right to live in dignity and freedom.