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As the world marks two years since the October 7 conflict, peace feels more distant than ever. Israeli peace educator Roi Silberberg and Palestinian scholar Hazem Almassry share deeply personal stories—from childhood in Gaza to life in a shared Jewish-Arab village. They reflect on Gaza’s devastation, Israel’s militarized “normal,” and Taiwan’s own security, arguing that peace begins not with agreements, but with dialogue.
03:00 — Hazem’s childhood in Gaza and path to Taiwan
09:50 — Roi’s journey into peace education
20:15 — Family under siege: Hazem's life and loss in Gaza
30:56 — The fellows' Kinmen visit and Taiwan’s “front line” identity
35:00 — The power in the choice of word "genocide"
Host: Kwangyin Liu, Senior Managing Editor of CommonWealth Magazine
Guests: Hazem Almassry, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Academia Sinica
Roi Silberberg, Director of School for Peace
Producers: Yayuan Chang, Weiru Wang
*Read about Taiwan: https://english.cw.com.tw
*Share your thoughts:[email protected]
By Common Wealth Magazine4.7
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As the world marks two years since the October 7 conflict, peace feels more distant than ever. Israeli peace educator Roi Silberberg and Palestinian scholar Hazem Almassry share deeply personal stories—from childhood in Gaza to life in a shared Jewish-Arab village. They reflect on Gaza’s devastation, Israel’s militarized “normal,” and Taiwan’s own security, arguing that peace begins not with agreements, but with dialogue.
03:00 — Hazem’s childhood in Gaza and path to Taiwan
09:50 — Roi’s journey into peace education
20:15 — Family under siege: Hazem's life and loss in Gaza
30:56 — The fellows' Kinmen visit and Taiwan’s “front line” identity
35:00 — The power in the choice of word "genocide"
Host: Kwangyin Liu, Senior Managing Editor of CommonWealth Magazine
Guests: Hazem Almassry, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Academia Sinica
Roi Silberberg, Director of School for Peace
Producers: Yayuan Chang, Weiru Wang
*Read about Taiwan: https://english.cw.com.tw
*Share your thoughts:[email protected]

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