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Interview Questions for Wafa Srour

Can you please give us some general information about your life?

You were telling me about the relation between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Israelis, which is one aspect of the conflict. How did you decide to work on tackling the conflict in general and not any other issue?

If you were speaking with someone who did not know much about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, what would you tell him/her about your work and the contribution that it has to make? Do you think that your work promotes peace? If so, how?

What is your plan for future activities?

In your opinion, is this a way of promoting peace?

What challenges do you encounter?

Do you think they should not join the army at all, or just that they should not serve in the West Bank and Gaza?

One can argue, however, that parents cannot tell their children how to think or behave; that, just because parents made a decision to live in the Waha does not mean that they can impose their views on their children.

Did you ever doubt that you were on the right track?

Did your involvement in this field come as a surprise to you, to your community, or the people who have know you since the time you were involved in other parties in Elaboun?

Did your involvement affect your relationship with your family?

Is it unusual for someone from where you come from to be involved in this type of work?

Did you feel your sense of belonging change?

How has the Israeli- Palestinian conflict influenced your life?

Why have you decided to raise your daughters in a bi-national atmosphere, yet send them to a uni-national school?

How are your daughters affected by this moving from one environment at home to another environment at school?

What do you think is the greatest price that you’ve paid or the greatest sacrifice that you’ve made for the sake of your work?

What do you see as successes in your work?

Did you meet people through this work whom you would not otherwise have met?

What are the most important lessons that you have learned?

What do you strive to achieve for your country and your people?

Can you elaborate?

What is needed in order to achieve that which you strive to achieve?

Is there any hope?

What does the word “peace” mean for you?

Do you think peace will be achieved during your lifetime?

What do you think the situation will be like ten years from now?

Which international community has the greatest influence on the region, and what would you like to say to it?

Is there any misconception of the conflict among the international community?

What misconceptions do people have regarding the work that you do?

Does fear play a role in the Israeli Palestinian conflict? Are the fears of the two peoples, Palestinians and Israelis, similar?

You said that Palestinians’ fears are real whereas Jews’ fear are imaginary. How do you respond to the claim that their fears are based on the Holocaust and Jewish history?

What do you think is the root of the Israeli Palestinian conflict?

How do you keep the percentage balanced between the Israelis and the Palestinians in Neve Shalom-Wahat al-Salam?

When were you told directly that you are different as a Christian?