Meredith Rothbart is an American-born Jewish Israeli peacebuilder who co-founded Amal-Tikva to give Israeli and Palestinian civil society leaders the strategy, resources, and partnerships they need to turn local work into lasting change.
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger is a former Israeli settler and Orthodox rabbi whose encounters with Palestinian neighbors transformed his understanding of truth, belonging, and the possibility of a shared future.
Sulaiman “Souli” Khatib is a Palestinian former prisoner and co-founder of Combatants for Peace whose life’s work turns pain, imprisonment, and resistance into a vision of nonviolence and collective liberation.
Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad are Jewish Israeli and Palestinian artists whose friendship has survived war, backlash, and competing demands for loyalty—and whose music and activism continue to insist that another way is possible.
Alon-Lee Green is a Jewish Israeli organizer who learned the power of collective action in a café workers’ strike and now brings Jewish and Palestinian citizens together against violence, racism, occupation, and inequality.
Noor A’wad is a Palestinian activist from Beit Sahour who chose to remain in his homeland and came to see direct encounter with Israelis as a form of nonviolent resistance.
Chen Alon is an Israeli former combat officer and theatre activist who turned refusal into responsibility, co-founding Combatants for Peace and using theatre to confront occupation, dehumanization, and fear.
Yuval Roth is a bereaved Israeli brother who founded Road to Recovery, a volunteer network that drives Palestinian patients from checkpoints to Israeli hospitals and turns ordinary car rides into acts of healing and human connection.
Laila Alsheikh is a bereaved Palestinian mother from Bethlehem who chose not to let the death of her infant son Qussay become another reason for her children to hate.
Ali Abu Awwad is a Palestinian nonviolence leader who transformed imprisonment, occupation, and the killing of his brother into a movement for dignity, freedom, civic responsibility, and nonviolent change.
Roni Keidar is an Israeli peace activist from Netiv HaAsara on the Gaza border who insists that the safety of Israelis and the dignity and freedom of Palestinians are bound together.
Vivian Silver was a Canadian-Israeli peacebuilder from Kibbutz Be’eri whose life’s work brought women, Jews, Arabs, Israelis, Palestinians, Bedouin communities, and Gazans into relationships of dignity, equality, and shared responsibility.
Amira Mohammed and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad are Palestinian activists who created Unapologetic: The Third Narrative to reclaim Palestinian voice, challenge polarized narratives, and build a future grounded in justice, dignity, and shared humanity.
Robi Damelin is a bereaved Israeli mother who transformed the loss of her son David into a powerful call for reconciliation, nonviolence, and shared humanity through the Parents Circle – Families Forum
Sally Abed is a Palestinian citizen of Israel organizing Jewish and Palestinian communities to turn fear, inequality, and separation into shared civic power.
Abeer Bandak is a Palestinian dialogue facilitator who co-founded Tech2Peace to help young Palestinians and Israelis move beyond inherited fear by speaking honestly, learning together, and building practical skills side by side.
Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah are Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders who carry profound family loss and have chosen to turn it into a shared movement for peace, equality, security, and collective freedom.
Meredith Rothbart is an American-born Jewish Israeli peacebuilder who co-founded Amal-Tikva to give Israeli and Palestinian civil society leaders the strategy, resources, and partnerships they need to turn local work into lasting change.
Noor A’wad is a Palestinian activist from Beit Sahour who chose to remain in his homeland and came to see direct encounter with Israelis as a form of nonviolent resistance.
Ali Abu Awwad is a Palestinian nonviolence leader who transformed imprisonment, occupation, and the killing of his brother into a movement for dignity, freedom, civic responsibility, and nonviolent change.
Robi Damelin is a bereaved Israeli mother who transformed the loss of her son David into a powerful call for reconciliation, nonviolence, and shared humanity through the Parents Circle – Families Forum
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger is a former Israeli settler and Orthodox rabbi whose encounters with Palestinian neighbors transformed his understanding of truth, belonging, and the possibility of a shared future.
Chen Alon is an Israeli former combat officer and theatre activist who turned refusal into responsibility, co-founding Combatants for Peace and using theatre to confront occupation, dehumanization, and fear.
Roni Keidar is an Israeli peace activist from Netiv HaAsara on the Gaza border who insists that the safety of Israelis and the dignity and freedom of Palestinians are bound together.
Sally Abed is a Palestinian citizen of Israel organizing Jewish and Palestinian communities to turn fear, inequality, and separation into shared civic power.
Sulaiman “Souli” Khatib is a Palestinian former prisoner and co-founder of Combatants for Peace whose life’s work turns pain, imprisonment, and resistance into a vision of nonviolence and collective liberation.
Yuval Roth is a bereaved Israeli brother who founded Road to Recovery, a volunteer network that drives Palestinian patients from checkpoints to Israeli hospitals and turns ordinary car rides into acts of healing and human connection.
Vivian Silver was a Canadian-Israeli peacebuilder from Kibbutz Be’eri whose life’s work brought women, Jews, Arabs, Israelis, Palestinians, Bedouin communities, and Gazans into relationships of dignity, equality, and shared responsibility.
Abeer Bandak is a Palestinian dialogue facilitator who co-founded Tech2Peace to help young Palestinians and Israelis move beyond inherited fear by speaking honestly, learning together, and building practical skills side by side.
Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad are Jewish Israeli and Palestinian artists whose friendship has survived war, backlash, and competing demands for loyalty—and whose music and activism continue to insist that another way is possible.
Laila Alsheikh is a bereaved Palestinian mother from Bethlehem who chose not to let the death of her infant son Qussay become another reason for her children to hate.
Amira Mohammed and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad are Palestinian activists who created Unapologetic: The Third Narrative to reclaim Palestinian voice, challenge polarized narratives, and build a future grounded in justice, dignity, and shared humanity.
Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah are Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders who carry profound family loss and have chosen to turn it into a shared movement for peace, equality, security, and collective freedom.
Alon-Lee Green is a Jewish Israeli organizer who learned the power of collective action in a café workers’ strike and now brings Jewish and Palestinian citizens together against violence, racism, occupation, and inequality.