Peacecamp 2008

Name: Maysaa jahoush

Birth Date: 27/3/1981
Birth place: Jaffa Nazareth-israel.

About me:
I was born in march 27 in Jaffa Nazareth, I was graduated from Galilee high school in Nazareth. After high school I studied communication science in "Emec –yezraeel" collage I was graduated in 2003 at the same year of my graduation I studied Arabic in "The Arabic collage for education" in Haifa and I graduated in 2005 .also fall 2005 I've been started to learn for the masters degree of the Islamic history and Arabic literature in tell Aviv university hopefully to graduate this year.
I'm a teacher in Galilee high school in Nazareth; I love to travel and to explore new cultures new places and new habits. I love sports and music because it's the common language of all the people. I love astronomic science and the arts sadly It wasn’t my major but I'm always reading books about arts and astronomy.

Hello, my name is Linda,

i am 25 years old, i come from Austria and i will do with Maria a workshop at the peace camp called „rhythm and movement“. I am studying rhythmic/music and movement - education in Vienna, writing on my diploma now. I am very interested and want to develop myself in contemporary dance. A very important part of my life is music. I play the piano and sing. I like to be creative and work on dance and music projects. When i am out of the city, in the landscape, i like to ride my bike very much. To share my time with friends is very relaxing and important too for me, e.g. go dancing, eating, into the cinema, to a concert, cooking together,...
I am glad to meet you at the peace camp.

Accompanying teacher:

Mrs. Sonja Haberbusch



I teach ethics and Catholic religion at Stubenbastei High School in Vienna.
I have been cooperating with a group of teachers of Islamic religion and Protestant religion since 2001. Once a year I prepare a seminar on Judaism for teachers of Catholic religion.

Edmund, my husband, works for an IT company, my son Daniel, 24, studies chinese and economics at Vienna University and my daughter Sophie, 17, works in a cosmetics shop.

My hobbies are playing golf, skiing and snowboarding.

What I like best: travelling – especially in Asia.

The pupils
1. Lukas Lang
My name is Lukas Lang I am a 14 year old boy. I a very clever boy I have lots of ideas and I want to go to the Peace Camp because it is very interresting to speak with all the other girls and boys and I hope it is
very funny and I am happy to visit the Peace Camp !!!




2. Sophia Mader
My name is Sophia Mader and I´m thirteen years old. I live with my family in Vienna and I go to school there.
My favourite sports are football and volleyball.
I love to meet my friends and new people, so
I think the camp "4peace" will be very funny and
interesting and a good opportunity for making
new friends.


3. David
Hi, my name is David.
I´m 14 years old.
I am half austrian and half cuban.

My hobbies are:
American football, play drums, drive bmx bike, listen to music (my favorite groups are Slipknot, Lordi, Linkinpark, Stone soure, …), …

I want to participate in the peace camp because I want to meet young people from different countries and because I find it interesting to hear how the situation between Israelis and Palestinians really is.


4.Lucia Müllauer
My name is Lucia Müllauer. I´m 14 years old and I live in vienna, the capital of austria. My hobbies are dancing, singing, meeting my friends and going to cinema.
I want to join this project, because I want to learn something about the other people there and their culture. I also want to proof my english. I hope I find some new connections with the people at „4peace“. After school I want to study P.P.P. (that´s psychology, philosophy and education) and I think this experience could be very helpful for that. I also want to learn something about the history of the war in middle east, because I think it´s important to know things like that.


5.Rebecca Langfelder
My name is Rebecca Langfelder and I’m 16 years old. I’m a quiet girl, but I know what I want and can say it. The most time I don't speak very much, but listen carefully. I like reading very much and I love sports. I go climbing and take Tai Chi lessons. I’m always open for new experiences and it’s easy for me to find new friends. I play guitar since I’m seven and it’s one of the most importen things for me. My guitar helps me to become happy when I'm sad.
My motivation to join the project is to meet teenagers from another cultur. People, who have a completely different life and to try to understand their view of the world.


6.Pamina Reichmann
My name is Pamina Reichmann and I´m 14 years old. I like to dance and to sing and I love to spend time with my friends. I live in Vienna in a flat with my parents and my younger sister. We have a cat named Blacky.

We saw a film about the project „Peacecamp“ at school. I was fascinated by the idea.

I want to join the project, because I´d like to know more about the Palestinian and Israeli people and the political situation. Why do they have so many problems with each other? Why do they fight each other? How did it all start? And how do young
people there feel about their situation? What solutions are there? I hope that I can get answers to my questions at Peacecamp.


7.Marianne
My name is Marianne and I am 16 years old. I live in Vienna with my parents and my two older brothers. I study at the school "Stubenbastei" and I am in the 10th grade.
I like reading, listening music and I love it to spend my freetime with my friends. I am also interested in foreign languages (English, Russian, Spanish,…), so I think it is great that the peacecamp will be in English.
I am really looking forward to visiting the camp "4peace", because I think it is a great chance to learn something about different cultures and to discuss problems that different countries have to deal with.


8. Jenifer Lary
My name is Jenifer Lary, I'm a 16 year old girl and I live in Vienna.
My favourite hobby is to sing. Classical voice, actually. I have an
elder brother, who is 19 years old. I really love music, especially
the 60s, 70s and 80s.


9. Laura Cencig
My name is Laura Cencig. I am a 15 year old girl.
I live in Völkermarkt, it’s in Carinthia.
I really love doing sports. I’m in a rowing club, but my favourite sport is skiing. I just love it.
I also love animals. I have two horses, a dog and three cats.
I have a brother and a sister, both are younger than me.
We quarrel quite often, but I’m happy to have them.
I really enjoy being in the nature.
I play the piano and I really like listening to music. Some of my favourite bands are the Beatles and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
I like being with my friends and it’s easy for me to make new friends. So I am really looking forward to meeting new people at the camp “4peace”.

accompanying teacher: Mrs. Nazira Taha

I am from nazareth teaching physics in galil high school, I'm also mother for two, boy and girl, I'm intersting of nazareth folklore- dancing, singing.....



The pupils

1. Salam Taha
My name is Salam Taha

I am 15 years old , 10th grade at galil- school.
I have three sisters and one brother , I love and appreciate my family so much.

My hobbies are: dancing, traveling, swimming, acting and listen to music.

I am an effective member in my school:
I participated in human rights program, and now I am a member of Peace Child Israel.
In addition of "Elkalaa" Folk Band which I belong to, we show our folklore dancing in order to keep our culture.

My aspiration is to be an important and special lawyer who will protect the human rights and contribute to equal rights between citizens despite their differences.



2. Khulood Jradat
My name is Khulood Jradat, I learn in galil high school and live in Nazareth, I am a very sociable with the others. I have a reliable personality; I am a person who likes to make her own decisions. I have an independent nature, prefer to direct others.
I am a very private person; I am loved to set alone with my thoughts. And I am a person who understands the main of life.
I believe in three values in the life, the one value is the health, two the job, three is the money. I believe in these values because I think that if I have a good health I can to take job, if I have a job I take money and got the happiness.
In the last I think that I can to enjoy in this design, I think that I can represent my self, my school and my society and to achieve my goal.



3.Ehab Odeh

My name is Ehab Odeh i'm 16 years old.
i like to explore new cultures and traditions, i respect people and accept their way of living and thinking.
i like basketball, swimming, football and reading.
i want to be an engineer, i know that is not easy, especially with my math problems. however, i am working on fullfilling this vision.


4.fadi khalil
Hi, I'm fadi khalil,
i will introduce myself by writing a little biography.

I was born in Germany in 1992, we used to live in Berlin the capital city of Germany, till the day we had to move to Israel, i was a five years old at that day.
sure living in a new country with totally different people and different traditions wasn't easy, to tell the truth, i was so hard and difficult.
10 years passed and time had changed, I'm a lot mature now, i can count on my self every time and in every thing.
during the last 10 years, i found a lot of hobbies and interesting things, to tell the truth, I'm the most talented and gifted one in the family, I'm having a lot of hobbies like (basket ball, drawing pictures, watching Japanese animations, eating hh, i do like electronics and video game, writing)
and I'm also talented in basket ball, drawing, and writing.
i was also pretty good at English, so i was always the chosen for every English activity.
that is what i could remember for now to write.

thanks for reading


5.Muhammad Ismaell
Hi i am Muhammad Ismaell, i have two brothers and one sister, I'm the smaller one between my brothers, i born in 11/4/1992, i introduce my self as a funny guy,
i don't like the violence, and my opinion that all the people was born equalles.
my habbits: football, swimming, riding bicycle, playing vedio games.
i like the cats very much (i have a thirteen cat).
i like to listen to English music.


6.Ahmad Darawshe
I'm Ahmad Darawshe ,a 100% national product.
I'm 16 years old.
I'm so educated and I like politics and I like to watch news and to express my opinion about the happening events.
i really happy to be one of he chosen group.
i want to visit Austria and express our feelings and opinions, I want to present the Arab that live in Israel.


7.azhar abu hariri

my name is azhar abu hariri, i'm 16 years old ,i live in nazareth israel,i have one sister and four brothers,i'm in the ten grade in algalil high school .
usally i don't speak about my self because i'm not irogent ,but now i have to.
i consider my self a well learner smart studient, a polite talented socilized person ,i have a strong personality and i depend on my self .
i like order and regulation in all aspects of life.
i'm an open mind human been ,i express my self and my feeling also listen to other’s point of view, I take it with a big heart .
i like to do chiriy works and to help people.
my hobbies: i like sport (such as soccer ,basketball and karate but i don’t rather violent or even argument,( , acting and drawing.
i have a very unique habit . i analays people characters, and for that i watch certine tibes of tv programs that deals with social human issues and solve it , i like psychology , and i want to learn medicine and to become a doctor in the future, but i cant even harte a fly.
in many people who i have tought their hearts by my personality .
i had lift a big influence
i fell i have to be an active member and to get an important role in my society.
my prediction from the world: i believe in the human nature of goodness in order to make the world a better place to live , because i want to live in a world full of happiness ,harmony , hand in hand,no distinction ,just peace ,no bounds between the nations .
i wish i had a supernature ability to change the world , bur all i know that if we collaporate togother all the nations and stop fighting with each other .
although with all my advantages i have dis advantages because no one is perfect,i'm a fussy eater ,i;m a vegeterian and i afraid of bugs , i will be very cautious and caarefull if i face a bug.
i hope i could participate in this program and travel in this journey because it will be a first for me to flying outside my country to experince other civilizations , cultures and traditions and to inform them about my people in return.
, i promise i will do the best i could for that goal.
i would appreciate this opportunity to present my school

8.Vivian Abu Nasra

my name is Vivian .. i'm 15 years old .. in my tenth grade ..
I try to be very ambitious , My main goal is to finsh my education and work for my self as a business lady in economics business magement .
also i like to have fun in my life , love to travel and see new countries , also i like to meet new people and have a lot of freinds and experience new food and people traditions do have .
My dream to meet my Idole singer " kathim alsaher " who i love to hear his songs becouse he expresses his true feelings to wards his love .
my favorite CD for Kathim is " impossible Love " .

Accompanying teacher:
MRS. SZILVIA KNEUSEL
My name is Szilvia Kneusel, I am 31 years old and I live in Budapest, Hungary. In Budapest I work as an English teacher at Szent László High School. I have been teaching at this school for nine years. I don’t only teach here but I also take part in different projects and student exchanges. I have been to Danmark and Italy with different groups and participated in an EU project with Italy.
I, myself also spent a year in the USA as an exchange student during my high school years so I experienced what it is like being a stranger somewhere.
I am married, my husband teaches French though not at the same school. We don’t have children yet so until that we enjoy being with other children/students.
In my free time I like travelling (I have travelled all over Europe, the USA and also Israel), reading, listening to music and going on excursions.

...with her husband on Massada


1. Ádám Somogyvári
My name is Ádám Somogyvári. I’m 15 years old. I live in Budapest in the 17. district in a semi-detached house. I live with my mom, because my parents divorced, but I usually meet with my father, too. I’m tall (about 180cm), slim and I have got fair-brown hair, brown eyes. I haven’t got any sisters or brothers, but I have 3 cousins and I like them. I haven’t got any pet now. I used to have a parrot and I will have a dog in Summer.
I have been folkdancing for 8 years in the János Bihari folkdance essemble which is famous in Europe, and we usually go abroad. I like travelling, I’ve been to many countries and I would like to visit other countries too, because I like to know new cultures and make new friends. It’s very interesting for me.
I have been playing basketball, too. I am playing for the team of my school. We aren’t very good at basketball championship now ,but we will. I like all of the ballgames and I am not too bad at them.
In my free time I often meet my friends and sometimes we go to the cinema or only go out. When the weather is good we often go to play basketball.There is a basketball court at the end of the street where I live. My other favourite program is listening to music. I like rap- or hip-hop music and I don’t like disco and rock.
I am talkative, sociable, reliable and maybe organized, but I’m untidy and a bit lazy.
I’m really looking forward seeing you as soon as possible.

Bye, Ádám



2. Bianka Bozsó
My name is Bianka and I’m 15 years old. I have a 5-year old sister,her name is Betty.
I am an Aquarius: sometimes I’m quite hyperactive (I think it can be very annoying),but I can be very quiet and shy..also I’m very talkative and I love to laugh a lot.
In my free time I like reading, singing, dancing, listening to music and hanging out with my friends.
Unfortunately I’m allergic to cats...
I want to go to the camp,because I really like English,and I want my English to get better. I also want to go because of the chance to get to know other cultures and new people.

(Sorry for the grammatical mistakes :-) )

Bianka from Hungary


3. Harasztia Dávid
I’m Harasztia Dávid, and I’m 15 years old. I have a twin sister. I have brown eyes and brown hair. I’m tall and slim (about 170-175 cm tall).
Some important facts to know about where I live:
I live in Budapest, which is the capital city of Hungary. I live in the outer area of Budapest, and it takes more than an hour to get to school!!
Right now I go to Szent László high school, to 9B class.
Some things about me:
I think I’m pretty talkative and friendly, but at first sometimes a little shy. I like going to the cinema, playing all kinds of sports, especially basketball and football. Now I even train basketball in the school team. I spend pretty much time in front of the computer, when I usually chat with my friends or play some games. I also like playing on my PS2. I used to play the guitar a few years ago, but I don’t anymore. I used to live abroad, in Serbia for 5 years, where i went to an international school, where i learnt english. I came back to Hungary last year (8th grade). I love rap, hip-hop, and R&B music. My favourite artist is Eminem, but i also like Nelly, Chris Brown, Chemical Brothers and D12. In my free I also like reading. I like to read books written by J.K Rowling, Dan Brown and some other not so famous authors.
I would like to go to the Peacecamp to get to know new people, and learn about new cultures, and I find it a good opportunity to practice my english. I hope I’ll make some friend there. Here is my e-mail adress:


4. Fanni Seprènyi
I’m Fanni. I always find it hard to talk about myself, but I try it again. =) So I live in Budapest. It’s the capital of Hungary. I won’t tell you the district and the street, because you don’t know where is it. =D
Some „useful-to-know things” about me:
I think I’m talkative and friendly, but sometimes moody.
I like being with my boyfriend, going to the cinema, handball matches and concerts, watching dvds, reading novels, walking, snowboarding, diving. I spend a lot of time in front of the computer when I usually chat with my friends.
I love indie, ska and punk music and some drum’n’bass. My favourite bands are Arctic Monkeys, Green Day and PASO (Pannonia All Star Ska Orchestra).
If you would like to listen to a PASO song, check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLeRJDGhjNg
What else can I tell about music? I play the guitar and I play the bass in an indie band called The Peanuts. Laughing is not allowed…just joking. =)
My favourite writers are Darren Shan and J.K. Rowling. I can’t tell how much I love their books.
I mentioned that I’ve got a boyfriend. We’re going out with each other for nine months. I love him! =)
I would like to go to the camp to get to know about new cultures and people. I like making friends, so if you would like to chat with me, my MSN messenger adress is: fanniy @ freemail hu


5. István Csapó
My name is István Csapó. I’m from Hungary. I’m 15 and I live in Budapest, the Capital city of Hungary. I have a mother, a father and a little brother. And I’ve got a half-sister too.
I usually spend my free time with my friends, and I’m the goalkeeper of the KISE sport team, but I’m not bad in the other sports too. And I like to listen music too. I like all kind of music, but rapp and punk rock is the best I think.
I’m happy to go to the Peace Camp, because I like to meet new people and I’m interested in History too. I like to talk, but I’m not the best in English Grammar.
I’m a student of St. László High School. I really like my class wich is te 9/B. It’s the special english class.
Well I think that’s all. Meet you at the Peace Camp!


6. Miskucza Noémi
My name is Miskucza Noémi.
I’m 14 years old. I live Budapest,in the capital city of Hungary. I study at Szent László Secondary School,where we learn English in many lessons.
I have a sister,called Orsi and she is eight years old,and a brother called Dávid,who is sixteen years old.
In my free time I like listening to music,and I like nearly any kind of it… I have been playing the piano for eight years. I also like watching good films,meeting my friends. With my friends we usually go to big parks where we take food,and eat it together (i think it is great fun)
I love laughing and people who are funny and talkative. And I have to mentoin that I love elephants!
I think that’s all about me.
Meet you in the summer!!! :-) Bye


7. Oliver Koòs
Hi, I’m Oliver. I come from Budapest the capital city of Hungary. I live whit my parents, and with my brother in a house with garden.
I am 15 years old. I have got brown hair and brown eyes. I go to secondary school, called Szent Lászlo Gimnázium. This is a very good school I like it very much. We have some special English lesson, so we learn it hardly.
So, I like listening to music, reading books and newspapers, doing sports, and walking around the city. My favorite kinds of musics are trance, goa, pop, and jazz. My favorite bands are ABBA, DJ Tiesto, and Yael Naim. I listen to music every day, and the music is very important thing for me. I like traveling. I think this is a very interesting thing to know other people, and cultures... that’s fine.
I like reading too, and my favorite writers are J.K Rowling, Leslie L. Lawrence - he is a Hungarian writer - and Dan Brown. My favorite books are Siva's last dance written by Lawrence, and the Harry Potter.
I like writing. I sometimes write for a fantasy website, and I write my own blog. This is very special thing I suppose, because you can write down everything that you want. I write about my life, and about my problems. I like it because I like to share my stories and my think with other people.
So I have swum for 11 years. I was a good competitor, but it was too difficult. I went to school and after it went to training and when I arrived home - at half past seven in the evening - do my homework, and learn. I was very tired all day because I got up at 5 o'clock and I went to the training, before the school. I had training 10 times a week... So I liked it very much but it was very difficult. Now days I go to running, and swimming, and I like all the sports.
I'm a very talkative person, 'cause I like talking. In my opinion it's better if someone is talkative then quiet. Is a good thing because I don't like the quite people. I am friendly, kind and honest. I like my friends and I like to know new people. I like to go parties and a like be with my friends. Sometimes I'm moody, and lazy but not very often.
I think that's all about me I hope that’s useful.
I hope see you soon later.
Bye!


8. Patrícia Pánczél
My name is Patrícia Pánczél. I attend St. László secondary school and I love it…the atmosphere is really good.:D
I live in Kőbánya with my mother because my parents divorced:S I haven’t got any siblings but i’ve got a cat at my mum and a dog at my dad. They’re incredibly kind and spry….
I’m good at playing handball i’ve played it for 4 years. I can’t playing any kind of musical instuments…but i’d like to learn playing the guitar. In my free time I often read novels…cause while i’m reading i’m relaxed.
I’m fond of indie and alternative music,pop-rock and sometimes rock. My favourite bands are Hiperkarma, Kaukázus (they’re Hungarian bands) and Arctic Monkeys.
I’m usually with my friends…we often go to the cinema or to walk somewhere and we always laugh a lot:D

I’m looking forward to go to the camp because i’ll know other counrty’s culture and meet interesting people who talk about things which i don’t know before. If you’d like to have a chat me this is my MSN messenger adress: altercsajszi @ citromail hu

P.S.: on the photo you can see my favourite cap…
(my grandma knitted it)

The Galil High School of Nazareth, Israel

http://www.galil-school.net/

Thank you for your initiative to welcome our students in your summer camp.
Our school, EL JALIL SECONDARY SCHOOL, is a high school with a magnificent history.
It was established in 1923. Hundreds of people graduated here and many have become the academic and intellectual leaders of arab community in Israel.
The school staff believes and work on providing our students diverse educational opportunities to develop their skills and intellect, by exposing them to various activities at schooland with other schools in Israel .The school also believes that our students must develop a strong sense of belonging, responsibility and commitment to our community. They learn the theoretical and practical implications of the principals of ”civil society”.
Therefore the school encourages such projects where students meet from different countries, with a different background and culture in order to learn about the other.
The school has different major subjects.
The students are involved in voluntary work in town , they edit the school newspaper and publish their creative work as well as their opinions on contemporary issues .They also have their council (The students council) where they decide their own programs.
We are proud to send our “chosen” and hope al the members of the delegation will enjoy their time and have a fruitful work.





The Carmel Zvulun High School, Kibbutz Yagur, Israel



http://carmelz.org
"Carmel Zvulun" is located in Kibbutz Yagur, 5 km east of Haifa. It serves a total of eight hundred and forty students who come from kibbutzim and moshavim in the north of Israel. It offers academic study leading to matriculation and vocational training which includes fashion design, graphic design and robotics/mechanics. The school is widely acclaimed for its educational standards and achievements whilst maintaining an atmosphere of flexibility, warm relations with students and an ability to respond to their special needs.
The Carmel-Zvulun Junior High and High School knows in his special for its program which serves 76 deaf and hard of hearing students.
Those students travel daily from far and wide to attend Carmel Zvulun, coming from Kiryat-Shmona in the North and Hadera in the South.




The Szent László Gimnázium, Budapest, Hungary



http://www.szlgbp.sulinet.hu/




Gymnasium Stubenbastei, Vienna, Austria





http://www.stubenbastei.at/

Our school is called ,,Stubenbastei” and is situated in the first district of Vienna, in the centre of the town. The school was built in 1912 so it is really an old building with a long history. Our school is open for pupils from other countries, for people of different religions and traditions. In our school you can learn many different languages, for example Russian, which is very special, because it is the only gymnasium in Vienna where you can learn the language from the first class on.

Marianne

It´s a very big school with five floors.In all it has got a lot of rooms:
There is the library, a big gym, then a big room with a stage, which you
need if you make projekts or performances. And then we have a place,
where you can buy food and sweets. In the school you can also take a lot of courses;
we can learn piano or we can join a basketballteam or a footballteam.
We are about 600 pupils and we have about 60 teachers.

Sophia

Accompanying teacher: Mrs. Osnat Oknin (no photo)

participating pupils:

1. Adi Govexensky
Hello, my name is Adi Govexensky.

I'm 14 years old and live in Nofit which is close to Haifa.

I love dancing and I train in a studio a couple of times a week.

I think I should go to the camp "4 peace" because I like meeting new people and I think it will be really interesting to create conversations about things that interest everyone and I think it will be a good experience.


2. Racheli Staroatinetzki-Malonek
Hello, my name is Racheli Staroatinetzki-malonek.

I live in kiriat Tivon, a small town near Haifa. In a few months I will be 15 years old.

Overall I am a very busy girl. I dance, sing in a choir, and play bass guitar in a band.
On top pf everything I participate in many school activities such as student council, and "child for peace".

I want to join the project in Austria because I think it's important to meet different people from different places and talk about difficulties.

And do course to learn about new cultures and have great time with friends.


3. Racefet Chishinski
My name is Racefet Chishinski. Racefet is the name of a flower in Israel which blooms in winter close to my birthday. I am 15 years old.

I live in Nofit, a small village close to the city Haifa in the north of Israel.

I study in "Carmel-Zevulun" a school near kibbutz Yagur. I am in the 9th grade.

I like gymnastics, dancing and I am also a member in a youth movement. I train in artistic gymnastics, and I participated in 2007 world championship in Salzburg. It was an exciting experience.

I dance with a group of people my age, mainly Israeli folk dances.

I go to a youth movement called "Noar Oved Velomed" (the working and learning youth)

I hope this camp will be interesting. I believe it is possible to live together with different people from different places for 10 days. I am an open minded person and I think I will enjoy the activities and discussions.


4. Yotam Gur
Hello, my name is Yotam Gur. I live in Nofit and I'm 15 years old. I play basketball in a professional team.

I train 5 times a week I also used to play in the cadets of Israel's national team.

I think that I'm suitable for the camp because I am interested in getting to know different cultures.

In addition I think I can contribute to the discussions. I am looking forward to meeting new friends with different opinions.


5. Dorel Shababo
Hello, My name is Dorel Shababo but I prefer the name Dori.

I'm 15 years old, from Qiriat haim, which is a city close to Haifa.

I really love animals, so I have two dogs. I also love to sing and write poetry and I hope that I will be a writer or a singer in the future.

I think that the sentence that is right for me is "Music=Life" because all my life I am interested in music. Music inspires me and I just can't imagine myself living without music.

I want to go to the "4peace" camp because I'm really interested to meet new people from different countries. I think that it's really great that we have an opportunity to fly abroad and to discuss important issues such as environment and conflicts between people and countries.

I think that I can add a new point of view about the subjects and generally, I can add a great spirit to the camp.


6. Adi Winaver

Hi, My name is Adi winaver.

I'm 14 years old and live in Nofit, which is close to Haifa.

I love surfing and brake dancing.

I think I should go to this camp because it seems like a goof experience and I want to meet new people from other countries.


7. Michael Lotem
Hello, My name is Michael Lotem.

I'm almost 15 years old. I live in kibbutz Ramat Yohanan.

I play water-polo in "Hapoel Gush Zvulun", and train 5 times a week. I also play in the Israeli Junior Natioral team' last summer we took part in a big water-polo tournament in Serbia.

I think I fit the "4 peace" camp, because I am interested in meeting new people, hear their opinions and tell them mine.
Another reason is that I think I'm open minded and I can add relevant things to the conversations.


8. Orel Halido
Hi my name is Orel Halido and I am from Kiriat Ata which is a city close to Haifa. I am 14 years old and study in "Carmel Zvulun".

My hobbies are: riding my bicycle and being with my friends.

I want to go to the "4peace" camp because I think it's important to meet new people, make new friends and express my opinions In the discussions.

I am Evelyn. In the picture, you see me with my husband Ronny at the peacecamp stand of the Jewish Street Festival in Vienna, trying to raise money for peacecamp.

I have been living in Israel for many years and am now living in Vienna. I am a Jewish Austrian, an Austrian Jew, a Jewish Israeli, an Israeli with European roots . I know a lot about the suffering of both, Jews and Arabs, and both people's quest for an own and safe homeland. I also know a lot about the situation of the Jews and their suffering throughout history as a people without a homeland. I therefore support the idea of a homeland for the Jewish people and can also sympathize with the Arab quest for a homeland for their people.

Ronny and I are the only "steady" peacecamp-team members. We do this benevolently in our really limited spare time, aside our bread-earning full-time jobs in our professions. We have been organizing peacecamps since 2004 with young participants from Jewish and Palestinian neighbourhoods in Israel and youngsters from European countries - Slovenia, Hungary and Austria. peacecamp 2008 will be the 6th of its kind. Many people were very helpful; we would not have succeeded to realise any of the peacecamps without them. They have generously supported the peacecamp-project with time and money. We can never thank them enough for this.




Why are we putting so much of our time and energy into the peacecamp-idea? I was always concerned about wars, terror, about the Holocaust and all the man-made catastrophes that people have brought upon themselves in the course of human history. My parents survived the Holocaust, but many members of their families were murdered by the Nazis.

When I was a child, I used to dream about a world in which there would be no borders between the countries and no differences between people of different origin and religion. I dreamt about a world in which all people would be free and equal, and about countries which would be a home for all the people who would live in them and care about them.

I often thought that there is so much hatred and violence in the world because our parents and grandparents have been victims of wars, terror, violence and injustice and are full with resentment which they pass on to their children. And now the children believe that it's only fair to take revenge for what was done to their parents, and spread new violence and inflict new suffering to the new generation.

I therefore decided to offer young people of different cultural backgrounds an opportunity to meet and learn about one another, to share their pain and to make up their own mind about things that they were told by their teachers and parents.

I must admit that there is nothing that I could tell you or teach you about how to make peace in a violent world. I must admit that I do not know. That no adult knows. That most adults who have tried, have failed.

I have the hope that the young may find ways to make the world more peacecful.

I actually believe that young people are sometimes more clever, more creative and more inventive than grown-up people. Maybe they can find the answers to the questions that the grown-ups are unable to answer or even to ask.

I am therefore very much looking forward to
peacecamp 2008.

cu soon,
Evelyn

bohmerATutanet.at