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.
Unless you were living on Mars this summer, you’ll be aware that the Alrowwad Youth Theatre from Palestine toured the UK – visiting and performing in London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds and Derby. Amos friend and home rebuilder Sarah Baron spent time with the group in Scotland.
“I know that to do what I have done is a privilege and a luxury. And that is why it had to be done. I don’t have loads of money, but on Saturday I had enough to make a choice.” Palestine Marathon runner and Amos friend Rachel Wakefield writes about a not very typical day in PC World.
“Omar chuckles as he quotes Spider-Man: “‘with great power comes great responsibility.’ It’s tough to have something to fight for”, he says, still laughing, “but it’s very important… You have to be generous with your art.” Jacob Moreton writes about his encounter with the Galilee Quartet.
“And we walk past so many cemeteries – Commonwealth graves with dignified beauty, the ordered lines of headstones, flowers and commemoration stones for so many soldiers regimented but unknown, beautifully tended but rarely visited.” Amos Director Chris Rose writes about the first 30 days of the Just Walk to Jerusalem.
"Our apology for the impact of Balfour on Palestinians, our rejection of Theresa May’s decision that the British government would be celebrating Balfour and acknowledgement that we had no right to promise this land to another was broadcast live on Palestine TV and set in motion a press onslaught that would follow us through the rest of the walk." A Just Walk reflection from Amos Director Chris Rose.
For Amos, Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions has always been very straightforward: if a government refuses to acknowledge international law and to deny basic human rights, then we have to pursue the non-violent means available to us – to challenge this situation." Amos Director Chris Rose writes about the BDS call against Israel.
Amos Trust
7 Bell Yard, London
WC2A 2JR
UK
Telephone:
+44 (0) 203 725 3493
Email:
[email protected]
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1164234
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