Haaretz today is filled with goodies. Here’s one:
Haaretz is proud to publish (in abridged form) the two winning essays in the Simcha Bahiri Youth Essay Contest, which was sponsored by the Palestine-Israel Journal. The contest, which was open to Israeli and Palestinian young people ages 17-24, who were asked to write on the following topic: “The Day after the Gaza War: What can young people do to strengthen the prospects for peace?”
The winning Israeli is Maya Yechieli Wind, 19, of Jerusalem, whose essay, “The Necessity of Doubt,” proposes the launching of an Internet “Israeli-Palestinian Doubt Forum,” which would encourage the process of questioning among young people of both communities.
Haaretz link
The winning Palestinian is Khadrah Jean Jaser AbuZant, 19, of Tul Karm, whose essay, “If Our Leaders Can’t Do It,” suggests that it is the people, and in particular young people, who have to push their leaders to work for reconciliation — and if the leaders are unable to do so, to pursue the work on their own.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1109141.html
The full versions of the two essays, plus the runners-up, will be available at The Palestine-Israel Journal.
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