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Students Talk About
Middle East Conflict

SUSAN GRANT

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Staff Writer

arty-five minutes of
role-playing wasn't
enough time for area
high school students to
achieve peace in the Middle
East. But it did give some
students a better understan-
ding of the conflict between
Israelis and Palestinians.
Usually during conversa-
tions between Israelis and
Palestinians, everybody
talks but no one listens, said
Dr. Jay Rothman, director of
the project on pre-
negotiation at the Leonard
Davis Institute for Interna-
tional Relations in
Jerusalem. Started in 1988,
the project stresses research
on conflict resolution
theories, public education
and networking with in-
dividuals and groups con-
cerned about peace.
"It's called a deaf conflict.
That's what happens when
someone doesn't listen to the
other side," Dr. Rothman
told almost 200 students
from eight area Jewish high
schools Nov. 5 at Temple
Beth El. Sponsored by the
Agency for Jewish Edu-
cation, Temple Beth El, the
Jewish Community Council
and the Jewish Educator's
Council, the program mark-
ed the first time Jewish high
school students from diff-
erent synagogues came
together for an educational
event.
To prove his point about a
deaf conflict, Dr. Rothman
divided the students into Pa-
lestinians and Israelis. Then
he made a few ground rules,
telling students they must
listen attentively and only
one person could talk at a
time.
A few minutes later, the
"Israelis" were yelling,
"Palestinians don't agree
with us. They don't want
peace with us. They just
want our land." Across the
room, "Palestinians" began
voicing their complaints
about Israeli violence.
Dr. Rothman stopped the
students, pointing out,
"That was a deaf dialogue.
You're screaming at each
other. It's the same old
thing."
Instead, he asked the
students to talk from a per-
sonal level by stating what
the conflict means to them.
While it was obvious a few
answers were from a script,
the students soon got into
their role playing. Both sides

started talking sincerely
about the need for security
and a place to call their own.
"We want a homeland,
too," said one student, ac-
ting the role of a Palestin-
ian. "We want a lot of the
same things you do. I think
we can agree on some
issues."
"Of course we want the
same things," said another
student, playing an Israeli.
"Then why do Palestinians
want to push us out."
As the dialogue ended, Dr.
Rothman pointed out "you
started off by blaming each
other. That's the first thing
we do is vent our anger.
That's natural. But then we
have to move beyond it by
looking at ourselves."
After looking at personal
motivations, there is usually
a point of intersection as
both sides realize they have
common goals, said Dr.
Rothman, who has done two-
day workshops with small
groups of people on this
topic.
Once both sides realize
they have common goals,
then an attempt to solve the
problem can begin, he said.
While peace may not come
in the near future, at least
by using this process there
will be a better understan-
ding between Palestinians
and Israelis, he said.
Although some students
who had been to Israel felt
the program wasn't helpful
as their own experience with
the Palestinians, others felt
it increased their under-
standing of the conflict.
Rachel Lessem of Temple
Emanu-El, who played a Pa-
lestinian, said, while she has
thought about the Palestin-
ian-Israeli conflict, this pro-
gram helped her "sort out a
lot of the anger Palestinians
must feel."
Ami Cherniak from Tem-
ple Emanu-El, added, "I
learned a lot more about the
Palestinians. I never really
thought about their feel-
ings." El

Alumni Fraternity
Sets Meetings

The Gamma Kappa Chi
alumni fraternity of Wayne
State University has schedul-
ed a series of luncheon
meetings 12:30 p.m.
Thursdays during November
at the E.G. Nick's Restaurant
in West Bloomfield.
For information, call Sam
Soskin, 626-4952; or Phil
Rothschild, 543-7544.