Wi’am Conflict Resolution Centre is our oldest partner in Palestine and provides an oasis for Palestinian communities in and around Bethlehem.
Situated next to a main checkpoint, and overlooked by a military watchtower and the Separation Wall, the centre provides a joyful act of peaceful resistance through its cultivation of community gardens complete with children’s play area.
The centre aims to strengthen local communities and to support them in tackling increased family breakdowns and community tensions created by the occupation and lack of freedom. Wi'am is rooted in the belief that helping people resolve their personal conflicts helps to preserve Palestinian society and people's faith in non-violent possibilities.
It offers counselling, mediation and reconciliation, helping to address the needs of all community groups including women, young people, couples, older people, neighbours and children.
To find out more about the work and theology that lies behind Wi'am and their long-standing relationship with Amos, please watch this short film.
Take a look through our range of resources, blog posts, downloads and products to find out more about our Palestine Justice work.
October is breast cancer awareness month or ‘Rosy October’ as it’s known in Gaza. For this webinar we were joined Dr Suhaila Tarazi, Director of Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza and members of her team as they talked about Al Ahli’s breast cancer screening programme and what it’s like living through the pandemic under siege.
Most young people in Gaza live with permanent traumatic stress — the innocent victims of three wars, unable to leave the massively overcrowded confines of Gaza, and with so little hope for the future. In June 2020, we heard the latest news on the threat of Coronavirus and how Amos partners NECC journey with these young people as they find a way to live in Gaza today.
A discussion that centred around whether Coronavirus has created more opportunities for dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis, or if it has further polarised positions. With a call for urgent action over the new Israeli Government’s plans to annex large parts of the West Bank.
With plans to launch new cookbook ‘Falastin’ on hold due to Coronavirus, we invited Sami and Tara, the book’s authors, to join us in conversation with Amos trustee Gemma Bell, to recommend their favourite recipes from the book and share some top tips for that perfect Palestinian Lockdown meal.
Featuring writer, director and academic Ahmed Masoud and journalist Hind Khoudary (above) in conversation with Amos Trust Director Chris Rose. As the blockade of Gaza enters its 13th year, the devastating impact on Gaza’s infrastructure, economy and health service meant that as the pandemic entered the general population, it had a devastating effect. Hear from Ahmed and Hind about what impact coronavirus had on life in the Strip.
With Robert Cohen in conversation with Sami Awad and Elias D’eis discussing the situation in Bethlehem and throughout Palestine today and asking how we in the UK should look to focus our efforts during this time. Sami Awad is Founder of Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem, one of Amos Trust’s partners in the West Bank and Elias D’eis is Holy Land Trust’s Executive Director. Host Robert Cohen is a forthright blogger and one of the leading dissident Jewish voices on Israel-Palestine in Britain today and an Amos trustee.
First Of The Month — a new big read from Amos Trust. Digital-only, long-form essays from Amos staff, friends and creative collaborators. For April’s edition, Asmaa Tayeh from We Are Not Numbers in Gaza writes about losing her 95-year old grandmother.
Amos Trust works alongside a wide variety of partners to promote equal rights for Palestinians, to campaign against Israel’s apartheid policies and to call for an end to the military occupation of the Palestinian territories. We seek to find creative ways to raise awareness, educate and challenge stereotypes by communicating the message and experiences of our partners and friends in the different areas within which we work.
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