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Students simulate the Madrid Peace Conference.

Teaching The 'Peace'
To Israel's Children

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T

hey sat around the con-
ference table with
stern faces, planning
their opening statements.
The Israelis, Syrians, Jorda-
nians, Palestinians, Egyp-
tians and Lebanese were all
represented for the first time,
as were the Americans, Rus-
sians and the European Com-
munity. Each representative
introduced himself in the
language of his country.
It could have been the real
thing, except these "foreign
ministers" and "diplomats"
were fifth-grade students at
the Janusz Korczak Elemen-
tary School in Jerusalem. Ex-
plains Principal Miriam Man-
sur, "Simulating the peace
conference in the classroom
brought these students closer
to understanding what ac-
tually happened there."
According to Zevulin Or-
Lev, Director-General of the
Ministry of Education, "They
must also understand the
relationship between the
Israelis and the Palestinians,
the geopolitical history of the
region and the positions of
the different Arab countries
toward Israel and peace."
The Ministry of Education
and Culture issued guidelines
outlining educational ideas
and projects for teaching
children the complex
elements which comprise the
peace process and helping
them deal with their feelings
about peace.
Said Miriam Dagan, a
second-grade teacher at the
Ramat Sharett Elementary
School in Jerusalem, "These
children live with the pro-
spect of war, their fathers'
reserve duty, terrorist attacks
and the constant tension
which underlies Israeli socie-

ty. They listen to the radio,
read the newspapers (at least
the headlines) and, out of
necessity, are generally aware
of what is going on." For
Israel's children the peace
conference is more than
another current world event,
it is something which could
dramatically influence their
future.
And in a society as polariz-
ed as Israel, where most
everyone has a definitive opi-
nion on current events, the
children are greatly influenc-
ed by their environment.
Eyal, an 11-year-old student
at the Ramat Sharett school
said, "Peace means no war
and no dead people. I think

The Ministry of
Education and
Culture issued
guidelines
outlining
educational ideas
and projects.

each side needs to corn-
promise. We should give them
part of the territories if they
give us peace. The conference
was a good beginning."
Ran, Eyal's classmate, add-
ed, "Peace means no war, no
tension and economic rela-
tions between countries. In
war, we fight our enemies.
But if we want peace,
everyone has to give up
something, including the end
of the Arab economic sanc-
tions. We can't give up land
and get nothing in return."
Both boys said that the ma-
jority of their classmates were
not in favor of returning ter-
ritories for peace. "Many of
our friends feel we won't have
a country left if we keep giv-
ing away land. They want
peace for peace," said Eyal.
Ms. Dagan asked her