2009

Redes sociales por la paz
lne.es, Sep 2008
Una palestina y una israelí llevan a Cabueñes el movimiento "Peace it together", que promueve proyectos multimedia para dar a conocer la realidad de Oriente Medio
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2008

Success Stories
Vancouver Foundation, 2008
Nada is Palestinian, Illy is Israeli. Ordinarily, they would never meet. Now they are fast friends, thanks to a B.C.-based program called "Peace it Together"
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Using dialogue & film to break down the Barriers
The Olive Branch, Fall 2008
Two Seeds participate in Peace it Together's program to empower young israeli, Palestinian &Canadian leaders through film-making.
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Conquering with love
Jewish Independent, Sep 5, 2008
Young filmmakers try to be leaders in peace.
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Searching for peace through a camera lens
The Globe and Mail, July 30, 2008
Young Israelis, Palestinians and Canadians gather on a B.C. island to make movies and, more importantly, friends
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Achieving peace one step at a time
The Vancouver Sun, July 31, 2008
Teens from Israel, Palestine and Canada unite to Peace it Together
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Peace it Together participants meet before conference
The Vancouver Sun, Aug 1, 2008
Teens discuss unique lives before Bowen Island camp
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Talking peace
Canadian Immigrant, June 23, 2008
A unique program gives international youth a chance to "act out" about peace
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High profile donor helps local youth
Jewish Independent, Feb 1, 2008
As conflict in the Holy Land rages on, another ambitious peace initiative is scheduled for this August.
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Spielberg Lends a Hand
The Globe and Mail, January 11, 2008
A Vancouver-based organization that works to bring Palestinian and Israeli children together has caught the eye of Steven Spielberg.
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2007

Lights, Action, Hope!
Reader's Digest, July, 2007
Israelis, Palestinians and Canadians meet in British Columbia to make films-and if all goes well, form friendships.
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Filming for peace
The Arab American News, March 17, 2007
Convinced that peace in the Holy Land depends on this kind of human interaction, Lazar and Hamael are trying to raise funds to produce a package of films and a workbook for use in peace education
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Promoting Peace Through Filmmaking
Epoch Times, March 1, 2007
Two seventeen-year-old boys, Nir Ayalon and Majdi Hafi, travel ten thousand miles from their home to attend a film camp.
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2006

Peace Camp
CBC Sunday Report December 10, 2006
The organization "The Creative Peace Network" sponsored a two-week-long film camp at the Gulf Island Film and Video School on Galiano Island, in August of 2006.
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Semeurs de paix
L'Express du Pacifique, Septembre 18, 2006
Loin de la guerre au Proche-Orient, des adolescents venus d'Israël, de Palestine et du Canada ont cohabité cet été sur l’île de Galiano. Leur but : produire des films et tenter de mieux se comprendre
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30 Teenagers, 7 Short Movies, 1 Dream of Peace
The New York Times, September 3, 2006
The organizers of this summer's Peace it Together Camp here never expected it would be easy to bring together 10 Israeli, 10 Palestinian, and 10 Canadian teenagers to make several short films in a spirit of dialogue and collaboration.
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Finding Peace Together
The Jewish Independent, August 25, 2006
In the midst of the latest round of conflict seen by Israel, 10 of its young people, along with 10 Palestinian and 9 Canadian teens, gathered on Galiano Island to hash out their differences and engage in creative collaboration.
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A West Coast, Mideast Middle Ground
The Globe and Mail, August 19, 2006
GALIANO ISLAND, B.C. -- When Hadeel Yassin arrived in Vancouver earlier this month, she was brimming with vim and vinegar...
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Arab And Israeli Youths Attend BC Film School
Global National, August 18, 2006
VANCOUVER -- As the international community haggles over promises to send troops into southern Lebanon to enforce the UN-brokered truce between Israel and Lebanon, 29 film students...
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Middle East Collaboration Meets Through Film On Galiano Island
The Driftwood, August 16, 2006
These days the vocabulary surrounding the current conflict in the Middle East rarely includes the word "collaboration"...
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Movies Bring 'Enemies' Together
The Province, August 13, 2006
When Israeli and Palestinian kids want to reconcile and learn, where do they go?...
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Mideast Crisis Looms Over Galiano Island Film Camp
Vancouver Sun, July 21, 2006
VANCOUVER - As all hell breaks loose in northern Israel and southern Lebanon, the tranquility of Galiano Island stands in complete contrast to the horrors of war in the Middle East...
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2004

Israeli/Palestinian Peace Camp The Early Edition
CBC Radio, August 25, 2004
...a group of Canadians is getting young people to talk about solutions.
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Peace Leaders in Training
The Jewish Independent, July 9, 2004
Transformation happens when people begin to listen to each other and know that someone cares about what they think and what they feel. ...
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Summer In The City - Is Talk Of Peace Too Cheap?
The Georgia Straight, June 24, 2004
Very little about Reena Lazar's childhood would mark her as the founder of Peace it Together, a two-week program that will bring 10 Palestinian and Jewish-Israeli teenagers to Vancouver this August. ...
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