Thomas Stern, one of the talk4peace moderators,
hello everybody. peacecamp 2015 will be my third one, and I am really looking forward to it! I am a friend of Evelyn and Ronnie, and I like their concept of encouraging youngsters to develop their ideas of a better and more peaceful future. I am impressed by the results of past peacecamps and by the brightness, creativity and humour of the participants. Working with them, discussing, playing and brainstorming with them is fun for me and my teammates. How can we make the world a better place, more democratic, more just and equitable, more peaceful? I think society should enable everybody to develop his or her talents and live without fear and aggression. It is frustrating for me to see so many political conflicts that make people suffer but could be solved with a bit of good will and ingenuity, especially in the Middle East. I am critical of both Israeli and Palestinian politics.
I was born and live in Vienna. I am an ex-teacher of maths, physics and politics and now I work at a university in educational research and teacher training. My passion is listening to music, reading literature and travelling, meeting people and getting to know and understand different cultures, outlooks and perspectives …. And I am always eager to make new friends, why not in Lackenhof this summer?
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My name is Liz Vanun and I am an English teacher at Carmel Zvulun Regional High School, which is situated near Haifa, in Kibbutz Yagur. I was born in Amsterdam, Holland and moved to Israel when I was twenty years old. Though I have lived in Israel ever since, I have had the opportunity to spend time in many other countries; I love to travel, meet new people and their culture. Israel, being a melting pot of so many different cultures, is therefore the perfect place for me.
I am both honored and excited about having been given the opportunity to be part of a delegation that represents our country in such a wonderful and important program. I strongly believe that meeting each other, exchanging different, and often opposite views, are essential in the attempt to get a better understanding of each other. It is not enough to talk about peace; actual steps must be taken to attain what we all want. The 4Peace camp is a great opportunity to lay the foundation for better understanding, better communication and empathy for the pain and loss of the other side.
I am looking forward to meeting everyone and hope that, alongside the differences, we will be able to look beyond them and discover that we have far more in common than we initially thought.
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