Interview Questions for Abigail Jacobson
Please tell me about yourself, your family and where you grew up.
Please tell me about Hands of Peace and about being a facilitator there.
How did you begin to facilitate?
Please tell me about the experiences that made you want to facilitate dialogue.
Do you witness similar sensitive situations at Hands of Peace?
Are the children's families involved in the programs at Hands of Peace?
Who are the Israeli and Palestinian participants?
Has anything changed for you because of facilitating?
How does your work contribute to promoting an end to the conflict?
What is the effect of your work?
What challenges do you face in your work?
How does the group of Palestinian citizens of Israel fit in at Hands of Peace?
How do you address the issue of the army draft?
Are there [Israeli] kids who were participants and began military service?
Do they continue to communicate with the Palestinian participants?
You mentioned the kids aren't very familiar with history. As a historian, how do you deal with this?
How is your work received in your community?
If you could start over in you work, what would you change?
Is there a specific model you would want to use?
How is your work affected by the political situation?
You talked a little bit about this earlier, what is this conflict about?
What is the ideal situation you would like to see realized here?
What do you think about previous peace processes here?
What do you consider a brave action at this point?
Do you think there will be peace here?
Is that a historical perspective?
Do you think there are important external actors involved in resolving the conflict here?
What would you like them to do?
As an academic, what is your stance on academic sanctions?
What would you like people from abroad to know about this conflict?
