The European Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
Perceptions and Future Possibilities
- A conference for European, Israeli
and Palestinian students -
4 - 10 August 2003 in Copenhagen,
Denmark
organized by the PIE Project Team of AEGEE in cooperation with Palestinian Vision and the Young Israeli Forum for Cooperation as well as AEGEE-Copenhagen
Corresponding to the conferences in August 2002 in Hamburg and February 2003 in Hofgeismar, the general objective of this conference was to enable students from both parties of the conflict and European students to exchange their views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to become aware of the different perceptions of the 'other'. Although discussions were often very heated, the 30 participants - including 13 students and young activists from Israel/Palestinian Territories - reached consensus on the three workshop issues ('Engines of the Conflict: Security and Fear', 'Refugees and Settlements', and 'Mass Media and Education') and came up with a common statement (soon available at our website). Moreover, the participants elaborated several joint Palestinian-Israeli-European projects that aim to raise awareness of the 'other' in the respective societies and promote mutual understanding and trust.
A three-day Post Event for the Israeli and Palestinian participants was organized by AEGEE-Copenhagen. Articles written by participants about the conference and soon also the documentation (including the statement of the participants) are available at
www.aegee.org/pieThe next conference will take place in Amsterdam from 1-7 March 2004.
For more information contact:
AEGEE-Europe
Rue Nestor de Tiere 15
1030
Bruxelles
Phone: +32 2 245 23
00
Fax: +32 2 245 62
60
AEGEE
(Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l΄Europe) the Europe's largest interdisciplinary student associations, which promotes a unified Europe, cross-border co-operation, communication, integration among students and strives to create an open and tolerant society of tomorrow is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation that operates without being linked to any political party. A widely spread student network of 17.000 members in more than 260 local branches, so-called Antennae, provides the ideal platform where young people from over 40 European countries can work together, free from any national way of thinking.