| Youth Encounter Programs in Israel Subjects: Peace-building; Multicultural education; Intergroup relations; Social change; Jewish-Arab relations; Youth Palestinian Arab; Jewish youth; As the level of distrust and alienation between Jews and Palestinians has risen over the past fifteen years, the support for grassroots organizations' attempts to bring these two groups closer has stagnated. Jewish-Palestinian youth encounter programs that flourished in the wake of the Oslo Accords now struggle to find support, as their potential to create positive social change in Israeli society is still unknown. Karen Ross is assistant professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. |