Windows for Peace (UK)

Windows for Peace (UK) works with Windows - Channels for Communication (Windows CfC) in Israel and the Palestinian territories to promote dialogue and understanding amongst Jewish, Palestinian and Arab young people in the area, as well as the communities in the UK. We are a registered charity, and are not aligned to any political group or cause.

A succinct overview of the work and philosophy of Windows can be seen by clicking on the recent article -"To Bring People Together" by Rutie Atsmon, the director of Windows CfC. (The article is copyright of "Health Matters")

This website describes the work of Windows CfC in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. It will tell you something of the work of the charity in the UK and show how you can become involved and support us.

At a time when so many of us feel despair at the inability of politicians and communities on both sides of the conflict to make any realistic progress towards peace, Windows offers us a chance to leapfrog the present impasse and support something creative with Palestinian and Israeli youth. These young people are able to show that there is indeed “someone to talk to on the other side”. They not only give an example to their elders, but also provide hope that the next generation of adults could learn that there is truly an alternative to violence.

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This picture was painted by Yeara Shenhav, a young girl from the Democratic School in Kfar Saba. It is part of the Windows “Dreaming Peace” exhibition. Is it a window through which the two children are making eye contact? Or is it a mirror, each child seeing something of the other in themselves? Somehow it captures the spirit of the Windows project.