Welcome to our Israel/Palestine Podcast – a project by graduating high school students from Berlin-Neukölln. Home to Germany’s largest Palestinian diaspora and a second home to many young Israelis. Israel and Palestine are painfully present, in our district and in our schools.
We are Alexandria, Efe, Mert, Philip and Yusuf, and in the course of our graduation year we have developed this podcast. 5 students, 1 teacher, 0 funding on the way. Only our postproduction was sponsored.
The project emerged in the context of the Oberstufenforum (Upper Secondary Forum) at the Catholic Academy of Berlin, a platform fostering exchange between academia and schools.
What started small, grew unexpectedly on the way with our growing curiosity and enthusiasm and the incredible willingness of renowned experts to meet with us. We don’t claim to be comprehensive, nor do we intend to lecture anyone. We are simply sharing our own learning journey here.
We have spoken to historians, legal scholars, trauma researchers and educators – many of whom are world-leading experts – to better understand a conflict that shapes identities, divides communities and echoes through generations.
Our approach has been multiperspectival. We don’t aim to resolve contradictions or controversies, but to hear different perspectives, to listen deeply where perspectives conflict. Human Rights and International Law are the foundation of responsible multiperspectivism.
Are we ready to see the world from a perspective different than our own? Can we listen and hold conflicting truths at the same time?
Find your own answers!
Or better questions.
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