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Interview Questions for Adele Zumot

Would you please introduce yourself and what you do?

You had your position in Radio Bethlehem, why would you give it up for something like this?

How do you think you will be helping your people by doing this work rather than doing something else?

What do you hope will come out of it?

As a journalist, do you have any problems with certain topics, specifically touching politics?

Have you ever worked in this situation before, with Arabs and Jews?

How was your experience there [Radio Israel]?

What were the things you were most proud of doing at Radio Bethlehem?

How did you come to be engaged in tackling the conflict?

What are the greatest challenges you face in your work?

Do you consider your work to be promoting peace?

What does the word peace mean to you?

Did you ever have doubts that you are on the right track? Why did you choose to work here and not elsewhere?

Has anything surprised you about working there?

Did your work here come as a surprise for you or for people around you?

Did “working under the same roof with Israelis,” as you said, change your relationship with any of your friends or perhaps your former colleagues?

Is it rare for people in your community to be involved in such joint work?

Did you feel your sense of belonging change?

How has the Palestinian-Israeli conflict affected your life?

Did you have to give up anything to be able to do this work, and what is the highest personal price that you pay?

What do you personally gain from this work?

What do you consider a small victory?

What inspires you?

Did your work get you to meet someone or go to places that you wouldn’t have otherwise?

What are the most important lessons that you learned from your work?

What is the most important thing for you to achieve for your country and people?

Do you think there will be peace in our lifetime?

So you think you’ve never lived in peace?

What do you think the next five or ten years will look like?

Do you have hope?

What depresses you?

Which international audience has the greatest influence in the conflict?

What would your message be to those people that have influence?

So you think fear plays a role?

Do you think the fears of Palestinians and Israelis are the same?

What is the greatest misconception international and local audiences have about the conflict?

What is the greatest misconception about your work?

Were there people that called this kind of work normalization?

What do you think the roots of the conflict are?