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Dove of peace and the Israeli and Palestinian flag (image: DW)
Beyond the violence in the Middle East conflict, there are many individuals and initiatives working towards lasting peace in the region.
Israeli-Palestinian Student Newspaper
Meeting at a Mutual Point in the Middle

| Bild: The Triangle crew at the first meeting in Italy (photo: Triangle.org.il)
A New Initiative for Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue

| Bild: Israeli activists attaching stickers with peace slogans to the wall (photo: www.geneva-accord.de)
Portrait: Uri Avnery
"I Don't Believe in Hopeless Situations"

| Bild: Uri Avnery (photo: Palmyra Verlag)
Israeli Magazine on Palestinian Trauma
The Nakba in Hebrew

| Bild: Street sign to Jerusalem; the writing in Hebrew and in Roman letters is still there - the Arabic writing is erased (photo: www.zochrot.org)
"Artists without Walls"
The Wall Jumpers

| Bild: Five activists of 'Artists without Walls' at work at the wall (photo: Artists without Walls)
Palestinian-Israeli Peace Initiatives
Many Davids versus One Goliath

| Bild: Slogans on the wall in protest against the construction of the barrier (photo: Diana Hodali; DW)
Joint Palestinian and Israeli Curriculum Project
Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative

| Bild: Dove rising from the rubble in Jenin (photo: AP)
Documentary "Bridge over the Wadi"
Jewish and Arab Children Attending the Same School

| Bild: Scene from 'Bridge over the Wadi'
Sari Nusseibeh: A Palestinian Looks Back
The Life of "Others"

| Bild: Nusseibeh cover: Once upon a Country
Interview with Assaf Gavron
"You Have to be Interested in the Other Side"

| Bild: Assaf Gavron (photo: Moti Kikayon)
Daniel Barenboim
Musical Diplomacy in the Middle East

| Bild: Daniel Barenboim directs an orchestra composed of Israeli, Palestinian and Andalucian musicians (photo: AP)
Yasmin Levy
"In My Songs There Is No War"

| Bild: Yasmin Levy (photo: Gal Deren)