Description: Using excerpts from our Visionary interviews, participants will explore our Visionary's ideas, definitions and experiences with nonviolent direct action. Students will also examine their own thoughts on nonviolence as it relates to the Israeli-Palestinian context. 

Goal: Introduce the concept of nonviolence as it relates to the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and possibilities for a resolution.

Supplies: Just Vision’s excerpts on Nonviolence.

Estimated Time: 60-90 minutes.

Suggested Group Size: 10-15

PDF: Download Just Vision's set of printable Nonviolence Excerpts:

Procedure:

1. Print out the attached PDF and post the relevant excerpts on walls in the room.
2. Ask participants to spend 20 minutes reading the excerpts.
3. Participants are asked to return to their seats and sit in a circle. Pose the following questions:

Discussion Questions:

• What quote did you find the most interesting? Why?
• Do the quotes reflect a uniform definition of nonviolence?  Can your group agree on a definition of nonviolence?
• What might be the benefits and challenges for Palestinians and their supporters in adopting nonviolence as a strategy?