I ka hōʻea ʻana o Shadi Shiha i ka palena o Israel-Jordanian a ʻike i nā pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela a me ka hae ʻIseraʻela, ua huli ʻo ia a hoʻi i kona home.

"Ua makaʻu maoli wau," i haʻi aku ai ka The Media Line me ka ʻakaʻaka. “Ua ʻike au i nā mākaʻi ma Ioredane akā ʻaʻohe o lākou pū. Ua manaʻo wau e hele ana wau i kahi o ke kaua me nā tank a me nā pū. ”

Ua paʻakikī ia e hōʻoia i kona ʻohana e ʻae iā ia e hele i ke kula i ʻIseraʻela. Ua hopohopo lākou e pili ana i kona palekana, a ma mua hoʻi o nā haunaele hou loa ma waena o Israel a me Ioredane, nui ka poʻe o Ioredane i kūʻē i nā pilina me ka ʻIseraʻela. Ua kāhea ke keʻena ʻike loea Ioredane iā ia i kahi hālāwai a nīnau iā ia no ke aha ʻo ia e hele ai i ʻIseraʻela.

Ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki i hala. ʻO Shiha, kahi mea haʻihaʻi haʻihaʻi koʻikoʻi hoʻi, i hoʻolilo i ʻelua kau ma ke kula ʻo Arava ma Kibbutz Ketura ma ka hema o Israel a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻololi i kāna ʻike honua.

"ʻAʻole au i ʻike aia kahi e noho pū ai ka poʻe Palestinian a me ka ʻIseraʻela a he mau hoaaloha wale nō lākou," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ua hele au i Haifa (kahi kūlanakauhale Arab-Iudaio i hui pū ʻia) a noho like lākou me he mea ʻole lā. Ua hele pū wau i nā wahi hoʻomoana o ka poʻe Palestinian ma ke komohana komohana a weliweli i ka nohona o nā kānaka. "

ʻO ka Arava Institute, pili pū me ke Kula Nui ʻo Ben Gurion, hāʻawi i nā papahana i ʻae ʻia no nā haumāna laepua a me nā haumāna puka puka. Hele mai kekahi no ke kau kau; kekahi no hoʻokahi makahiki piha. ʻO ka manaʻo e hoʻopaʻa i nā pilikia kaiapuni mai kahi palena palena a me ka ʻike transboundary.

Liʻiliʻi ka papahana, e hāʻawi ana i nā manawa kūpono no ka launa pākahi ʻana me nā polopeka a me kahi manawa kūpono e hana ai i ka noiʻi kaiapuni.

"No 20 mau makahiki ua holomua ka Institute i ka pilina o ke kaiapuni āpau i ke alo o ka hakakā politika ma o kā mākou papahana aʻo e hōʻuluʻulu ana i ka ʻIseraʻela, Palestinian, Ioredane a me nā haumāna o ka honua," ʻo David Lehrer, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka papahana i haʻi ʻia i ka Media Line. "Ma o kā mākou papahana noiʻi i ka wai, ka ikehu, ka mahiʻai hoʻomau, mālama a me ka ulu ʻana o ka honua, ma hope o 20 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku mākou ma mua o 1000 mau alumni a puni ka honua."

ʻO nā papa mai ka Water Management ma ka Hikina Waena a i ka Mediation Mediation a me ka Hoʻoholo Kūʻē i ka Baibala ma ke ʻano he ki i ka noʻonoʻo o ka nohona. ʻO nā haumāna he hapakolu o ka ʻIseraʻela, hoʻokahi hapakolu ʻAlapia, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Ioredane, Palesetina, a me nā kamaʻāina ʻArabia o ʻIseraʻela, a me ka hapakolu o nā ʻāina nui, ʻo ka hapanui o ka US.

Ua hoʻomau ka hele ʻana o nā haumāna Palesetina me ka ulu ʻana o ka "anti-normalization", kahi neʻe e pale aku ai i ka laulima o ka lehulehu a me ka Palestinian a me ka lehulehu a hiki i ka holomua ʻana o ke kūkā kamaʻilio maluhia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lehrer ua lilo i mea paʻakikī e hōʻoia i nā haumāna ʻo Ioredane e hele, ʻoiai ua nui ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu ma Ioredane e kūʻē i ka ʻIseraʻela.

"Ua makemake au e ʻike hou e pili ana i ka hakakā Israeli-Palestinian," wahi a Shiha. "Ua lohe wau i nā mea āpau mai ka pāpāho a hana ka pāpāho he mea maikaʻi ʻole. Ua hele mai wau e hui me kekahi ʻIseraʻela a me kekahi poʻe Iudaio no ka mea ʻaʻole au i hui pū me lākou ma mua. Mai ka pāpāho, me he mea lā e luku mau nei lākou a kī ʻana i ka poʻe ʻArabia. ”

Ua kau ʻia ka Arava Institute ma Kibbutz Ketura, kahi kibbutz pluralistic i hoʻokumu mua ʻia ma 1973 e nā poʻe ʻAmelika e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpio Young Iudea, hohonu i ka wao akua ʻo Arava. I kēia lā, aia ma kahi o 500 ka ʻIseraʻela e noho nei, me nā ʻoihana e ulu ana mai nā lā e ulu ana a hiki i ka mahi ʻana i nā limu ʻulaʻula no nā mea hoʻonaninani i kahi māla ulu kūikawā no nā mea kanu lāʻau.

ʻOiai e noho ana nā haumāna i nā hale moe ma ke kibbutz, ʻai lākou i kā lākou pāʻina ma ke keʻena ʻaina ʻo kibbutz a kono ʻia lākou e hui pū me nā lālā kibbutz no nā hoʻolauleʻa haipule a me nā hanana kibbutz ākea e like me ka male ʻana. Aia kekahi loko wai ʻauʻau ʻololika e kōkua ai i ka pā i ka wela o ka wao akua.

E like me nā papahana hoʻopaʻa ʻāina ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole haʻahaʻa kēia. ʻOiai nā Palestinians a me ko Ioredane e loaʻa nā haumana piha, uku ka ʻIseraʻela pono ma kahi o $ 2000, a uku nā haumāna US i $ 9000 i kēlā me kēia kau, me ka lumi a me ka papa. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēlā ma mua o nā koleke ʻAmelika āpau.

ʻO Yonatan Abramsky, kahi haumana ʻIseraʻela, i hoʻopau koke i kāna ʻoihana koa koi.

"Ua makemake mau au i nā pilikia pili i ka nohona a me ke ola mau," i haʻi ʻia iā The Media Line. "ʻIke wau i kahi kaiāulu i ka wao akua a ua lohe wau i kēia wahi a nānā aku iā ia. Kupaianaha ia. ”

ʻO Dallal, kahi wahine Palestinian nāna i noi ʻaʻole e hāʻawi i kona inoa hope, ua pau i kahi kēkelē BA mai ke Kulanui ʻo Bir Zeit.

"ʻAʻole au i manaʻo e hauʻoli wau i ia e like me aʻu," i haʻi ʻo ia i The Media Line. "Hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo i nā mea aʻu e makemake ai e ʻōlelo, a hana i nā mea aʻu e makemake ai. Ke hōʻike nei wau iaʻu iho me ka nānā ʻole i koʻu kūlana a me koʻu ʻohana. ʻAʻole wau i koʻikoʻi iki ma mua o kaʻu i ka West Bank. ”

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole makemake kona makuahine iā ia e haʻalele i ke West Bank, akā no nā kumu kuʻuna e pili ʻole ana i ka hakakā ʻIseraʻela-Palestinian.

"No ka mea he kaikamahine wau a he kuleana koʻu - pono wau e male a loaʻa nā keiki, ʻaʻole huakaʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Ua hoʻolauleʻa ka Institute i kāna 20^th makahiki. Ma ke ʻāpana o nā hoʻolauleʻa, ua hoʻolaha lākou i ka Arava Alumni Innocation Program, e hāʻawi nei i nā hāʻawi kālā kālā i nā hui o nā alumni e kākoʻo i nā hana no ka hoʻomau a me nā pilina maluhia ma nā palena. Pono nā kime e hoʻopili i ʻelua mau lāhui - Israeli / Palestinian a i ʻole Israel / Ioredane a i ʻole Palestinian / Ioredane.

Ua hoʻi ʻo Jordanian Shadi Shiha i Amman a ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi ʻoihana me nā hoa aloha ʻelua no, kahi holoi kaʻa a me ka wax ʻaʻole hoʻohana i ka wai. I ka hāʻule, e huakaʻi ʻo ia i nā pā kula o US ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi hoʻouluulu no ka Arava Institute.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Shiha, who is also a serious break-dancer, spent two semesters at the Arava Institute at Kibbutz Ketura in southern Israel and he says it changed his world view.
“For 20 years the Institute has advanced cross border environmental cooperation in the face of political conflict through our academic program that brings together Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and international students,” David Lehrer, the Executive Director of the program told The Media Line.
The Arava Institute is housed on Kibbutz Ketura, a pluralistic kibbutz originally founded in 1973 by Americans affiliated with the Young Judea youth movement, deep in the Arava desert.