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Interview Questions for Meir Margalit

What is your name and where are you from?

In what ways does the work you do now further the goal of resolving the conflict?

Why did you choose to focus on house demolitions?

How does your work contribute to advancing peace?

What is the difference between this work and political work? Is there a difference?

How has your work changed over the past three years?

How has your work changed over the last three years vis-à-vis the Israeli public?

Can you give an example of the shift in values you're referring to?

How can the Israeli audience be addressed?

How does the economic approach appeal to Israeli audiences?

So how do you apply this to your approach to the Israeli public?

Is that the language that reaches Israelis now-highlighting the other's pain?

Does the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions differentiate between houses that are demolished because of the lack of permits and those demolished because a suicide bomber's family lived there?

Please tell me about the projects you are working on together with Palestinian counterparts.

How do you know that what is presented as an archeological dig in East Jerusalem is a plan to establish territorial continuity for Israel around Jerusalem?

Which civil groups are you working with on the project?

What are you doing on the Israeli side?

Who are you most interested in reaching out to?

Is there room for interfaith cooperation then?

What is significant about this group of ultra-Orthodox Jews in particular? Does your choice to cooperate with them exclude other groups?

Are you saying that you work with ultra-Orthodox groups in Jerusalem on fighting house demolitions in particular, or that there is room for cooperation in general?

Do you have any other initiatives for joint work outside your "natural" audiences?

How do those two issues relate to each other - presenting East Jerusalem as an economic burden yet attempting to integrate it into the general problem of occupation?

How do you view the future of Jerusalem?

Can you explain what you mean by "functional separation" in Jerusalem?

When you talk about the future of Jerusalem as a city of two capitals but without a wall dividing the sides, is there a problem of security?

What is the role of grassroots organizations in the process of establishing a resolution, in particular in Jerusalem?

How do you further the idea of compromise among people?

You talked about the project in Silwan, what other projects are you currently working on with people from East and West Jerusalem?

Are you active in this organization for Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem who have disabilities?

Do you pay a personal price for your involvement and your work?

What makes you carry on if the price is so great?

What have you gained from doing this work?

What do you consider a small success in your work?

What kinds of leadership can people develop or exhibit in order to make a positive change?

You said the Israeli public in general has become more extreme in recent years. What caused that, do you think?

What's your assessment of what happened in the Camp David talks?

What needs to be done differently in order for a peace process to succeed?

Do you view the withdrawal as a promising sign?

What does the word peace mean for you?

How do you feel about your children enlisting in the army?

Where do you see signs of hope?

Who doesn't see the difference between Tel Aviv and Hebron?

What do you think are the roots of the conflict?

Is it important that there be a Jewish state?