Conflict Zone: Conflict Zone, Part 4: A Space to Talk
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Conflict Zone, Part 4: A Space to Talk
A soccer game may not necessarily lead to peace in the Middle East, but…you have to start somewhere, so why not with soccer? National Geographic Emerging Explorer Aziz Abu Sarah is a cultural educator and a specialist in conflict resolution. His core aim is to create opportunities for dialogue among people that are on opposing sides of a conflict. The hope is that if each side sees the other as human beings, they are less likely to support one another’s destruction. Could a soccer game among mixed teams of Israeli and Palestinian boys help? For more information about Aziz and his work please go to www.nationalgeographic.com/conflictzone.
Aziz Abu Sarah, you have an awesome heart! This video affect me personally, because my father was a soldier and I saw how he worked hard and his passion for our country and fellowmen. He lost his precious life while in the service. And it greatly broke my heart. I may not understand everything that's going on in our world today but I hope and pray that we'll learn to show love and share regardless of our color, beliefs and race instead of hurting, killing and being selfish. Let's value peace and life. Thank you so much NatGeo!
I think Aziz Abu Sarah is doing a great job with the soccer game trying to get the people to recognize that we are all human beings. I think the Israeli civilians should launch a national effort to fix the Palestinian homes and schools to be as good as their own. They should be free to go to the Beach if they so desire. I am a Black American, a US Navy Sailor, and one hell of a Stand-up Comedian this is just unacceptable in my eyes. I would like to work here and get this resolved I mean work for you Aziz. I think this will take efforts like this to get all people to treat people as people. Everyone should enjoy the beach and water from a natural spring. Did anyone think this could be a test from God himself. Ralph Earl Ellis
Wow. To hear both sides speak of how all they want is to live and raise their families without being obstructed from doing so, it makes you wonder what could happen if someone from the settlement and a someone from the Palestinian side could simply meet and listen to one another speak about their lives agreeing at the onset not to discuss personal rights to the land? That would be a conversation I would want to listen to. Do people from either side ever have the chance? Its seems, at least in my limited outsider knowledge, that they are very segregated, at least in the location with the spring. But there were people willing to send their children to play football with one another, could they not meet? Are people unwilling to or is it simply that they are obstructed from doing so, not just by the barriers of the military, but from the fear and anger that they've held between them throughout many generations?