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March 18, 2021,
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A series of online
discussions were held by students to celebrate coexistence between Israel and
its Arab neighbours, and counter the movement to boycott the Jewish state.
Three virtual events
in StandWithUS UK’s Peace Week 2021 programme featured leading Israeli and gulf
politicians and activists, students from across the UK and representatives from
the world of sport.
Deputy Mayor of
Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan Nahoum, spoke alongside fellow co-founder of the
UAE-Israel Business Council, Thani Al-Shirawi, and Ahdeya Al Sayed, who is
president of the Bahrain Journalists Association. The trio reflected on the
groundbreaking Abraham Accords and subsequent peace agreements between Israel,
Bahrain and the UAE.
Al Sayed said: “Fake
news has led to hatred, curriculums that have melted Israel off the map has led
to hatred. You cannot just not recognise a whole country and be in the year
2021 and say that state does not exist.”
Student leaders also
hosted Israeli-Arab influencer, Yoseph Haddad, who spoke about his work as CEO
of Together –Vouch for Each Other. He discussed his time in the army, saying:
“It’s not a Jewish Defence Force, it’s an Israeli Defence Force. When we say
Israel Defence Force, we mean that it defends all of Israeli society.”
The role of sport in
building bridges also came into sharp focus, with high-profile guests
discussing how football can be a force for good. Tamar Hay Sagiv, Director of
the Peace Education Department at the Peres Centre spoke about coexistence and
the significance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition
of anti-Semitism. Tamar was joined by Rola Brentlin, Head of Special Projects
at Chelsea Football Club, Ronit Glasman, the Head of Marketing at the Israel
Football Association and the Peres Centre’s Field Director, an alum of their
prestigious programme, Sa’ad Barhoum.
Barhoum said: “To
talk about difficult things, as an Arab, as a Palestinian, and as an
Arab-Israeli, wherever. It was the place where we can sit and talk and get out
and laugh and everything is okay. It was more than football and I knew I was
going to do it till the last day of my life.”
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