Fathom – Peacebuilding Special Issue | “Groundwork” Podcasts: “Echoes of Home” and “Two States, One Homeland”

January / 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | “Groundwork” Podcasts: “Echoes of Home” and “Two States, One Homeland”

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Here, as part of our special Issue dedicated to the work of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP) Fathom shares two episodes from the “Groundwork” podcast – ‘a podcast about Palestinians and Israelis refusing to accept the status quo and working to change it,’ telling ‘stories of people on the front lines’.

Echoes of Home – Wasim Almasri (ALLMEP)

This story follows Wasim Almasri, a Palestinian refugee, in his search for belonging in an imperfect homeland. As he attempts to navigate the complexities and multitudes within his own Palestinian identity, we travel with him from a refugee camp in Syria, to a small town in Gaza, and then into the West Bank.

Groundwork is hosted by Sally Abed and Dina Kraft, and produced by Yoshi Fields. The episode was reported and produced by Yoshi Fields. Content editing by Elisheva Goldberg and Joel Shupack. Joel Shupack and Deeb Amoury scored the piece. Original music from Deeb Amoury. Art and design by Nick Acosta. Groundwork is a joint production of New Israel Fund and the Alliance for Middle East Peace.

Two States, One Homeland – May Pundak (A Land for All)

In Israel-Palestine, the closest breakthrough for peace came thirty years ago in 1993, with the Oslo Accords. In this episode, we hear a story about May Pundak, Executive Director of A Land For All. May is the daughter of one of the architects of Oslo, Ron Pundak. But she thinks she may be onto a different model for peace that can break the cycle of violence where Oslo went wrong. It’s not a two-state or one-state solution, but an idea that requires that we renew the conversation with some new thinking – one homeland.

Groundwork is created and produced by Dina Kraft and Yoshi Fields. It is hosted by Dina Kraft and Sally Abed. They also reported this episode. Content and audio editing by Yoshi Fields. Additional content editing by Elisheva Goldberg and Nick Acosta. Joel Shupack scored the piece. Art and design by Nick Acosta. Groundwork is a joint production of New Israel Fund and the Alliance for Middle East Peace.

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