Editing Arab–Israeli peace projects (section)

== Cultural and scientific works and groups ==

=== Arab Israeli Dialogue ===
[[Lionel Rogosin]] filmed [[Arab Israeli Dialogue]] in 1973, an early attempt at unlocking the cultural and political issues between [[Palestinians]] and Israelis. It is a filmed debate between the Palestinian poet Rashed Hussein and [[Amos Kenan]], shot in New-York as they were both exiled.<ref name="Kickstarter update campaign">{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1881116046/a-modern-arab-israeli-dialogue |title=A Modern Arab-Israeli Dialogue by Adrian Rothschild — Kickstarter |access-date=2013-05-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108151405/http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1881116046/a-modern-arab-israeli-dialogue |archive-date=2014-01-08}}, by Michael Rogosin, March 3rd 2013.</ref>

=== Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization ===
The Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization is a nongovernmental nonprofit established in 2004 to support collaborative research between scientists in Israel and Palestine. Founding members of IPSO include [[Nobel prize]] winning neuroscientist [[Torsten Wiesel]].<ref name=IPSO>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipso-jerusalem.org/ |title=Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization |access-date=2019-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515213128/http://www.ipso-jerusalem.org/ |archive-date=2009-05-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== The West-Eastern Divan ===
Founded in 1998 by Israeli-Argentinian pianist and conductor [[Daniel Barenboim]] and Palestinian-American author [[Edward Said]], the '''[[West-Eastern Divan]]''' (named after an anthology of poems by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]) promotes a cultural dialogue between Israelis and Arabs. A principal activity is an orchestra composed mostly of young Israeli and Arab musicians, who are demonstrating the potential for collaboration between the two cultures on the universal ideas that are communicated by great classical music. They have performed throughout the world. Barenboim has also made this point by going into Palestinian areas and giving piano recitals and master classes.

=== Comedy For Peace ===
Comedy for Peace is a non-political effort to use [[humor]] to build trust, understanding and a vision for peace between [[Palestinians]] and Israelis.

Comedy for Peace was conceived and is being organized by [[Ray Hanania]], a Palestinian-[[United States|American]] [[stand-up comedian]] – who is married to a [[Jew]]ish woman. It is Ray’s hope that the power of comedy combined with the power of two peoples coming together on one stage will help Palestinians and Israelis find the courage to look past the pain and the suffering of the conflict and see each other as human beings, as partners and as people who have no other choice but to struggle together to achieve a lasting [[peace]].

=== Tolerance Monument ===
A [[Tolerance Monument]] sculpted by [[Czesław Dźwigaj]] in collaboration with Michal Kubiak is situated on a hill marking the divide between Jewish [[Armon HaNetziv]] and Arab [[Jabel Mukaber]], standing opposite the [[United Nations]] headquarters in [[Jerusalem]] in a park near Goldman Promenade. Unveiled in Jerusalem in 2008, it was funded by [[Polish people|Polish]] businessman [[Aleksander Gudzowaty]] as a symbol to promote peace in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Isabel |last=KERSHNER |title=Symbol of Peace Stands at Divide Between Troubled Jerusalem's East and West |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/world/middleeast/18jerusalem.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=tolerance%20monument&st=cse&oref=slogin |work=New York Times |date=2008-10-17 |access-date=2008-10-18}}</ref>

=== NeuroBridges ===
NeuroBridges<ref name=NeuroBridges>{{cite web|url=http://elsc.huji.ac.il/content/second-neurobridges-meeting|title=NeuroBridges|access-date=2015-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911063515/http://elsc.huji.ac.il/content/second-neurobridges-meeting|archive-date=2015-09-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> is series of workshops, held in Europe, that began in 2014 aiming to bring together Arab and Israeli neuroscientists in order to promote scientific collaborations and develop personal relations that can help alleviate political distress.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mareike |last=Kardinal |title=NeuroBridges—Bridging the gap between Arab, Israeli, and German neuroscientists |url=https://idw-online.de/en/news598059 |work=idw |date=2014-07-30}}</ref> NeuroBridges was initiated by the Israeli neuroscientist Yonatan Loewenstein and the Egyptian neuroscientist Ahmed El Hady.<ref>{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Evenhaim |title=Egyptian and Israeli neuroscientist striving for peace |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4698769,00.html |work=idw |date=2015-09-09}}</ref>

===SESAME===

The '''Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East''' (SESAME) is an independent [[laboratory]] located in Allan in the [[Balqa Governorate|Balqa]] [[Governorates of Jordan|governorate]] of [[Jordan]], created under the auspices of [[UNESCO]] on 30 May 2002.

Aimed at promoting peace between Middle Eastern countries, Jordan was chosen as the location for the laboratory, as it was then the only country that maintained diplomatic relations with all the other founding members; [[Bahrain]], [[Cyprus]], [[Egypt]], [[Iran]], [[Israel]], [[Pakistan]], the [[Palestinian Authority]], and [[Turkey]]. The project was launched in 1999 and the ground breaking ceremony was held on 6 January 2003. Construction work began the following July, with a scheduled completion date of 2015.<ref name=bbcshukman>{{cite web|last=Shukman|first=David|title=Sesame synchrotron is a flash of unity in Middle East|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20447422|work=News: Science and environment|publisher=BBC|date=26 November 2012}}</ref> However financial and technical infrastructural obstacles forced the project to be delayed. The laboratory was inaugurated on 16 May 2017 under the patronage and presence of [[Abdullah II of Jordan|King Abdullah II]].<ref name="tibn">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/jordan-science-research-centre-iran-israel-palestinian-scientists-together-amman-synchrotron-light-a7738786.html|title= Landmark Jordanian science centre hopes to bring scientists from Iran, Israel and Palestinians together|access-date=16 May 2017|date=16 May 2017|work=The Independent}}</ref>

The project cost around $90 million, with $5 million donated each by Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Iran and the European Union. The rest was donated by CERN from existing equipment. Jordan became the greatest contributor to the project by donating land and building construction costs, and by pledging to build a $7 million solar power plant, which will make SESAME the first accelerator in the world to be powered by renewable energy.<ref name="wc"/> The annual operational cost of $6 million are pledged by the members according to the size of their economies.<ref name="wc">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/sesame-a-new-accelerator-of-science-and-middle-east-peace|title=SESAME: A New Accelerator Of Science And Middle East Peace|access-date=8 May 2017|date=3 March 2017|work=World Crunch}}</ref>