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Interview Questions for Aziz Abu Sarah

Could you give us a brief summary of who you are and what you do?

What are your other activities?

How did you become a member of the Forum?

What other activities are there at the Forum, and what do you specifically do there?

Could you tell me more about how is it like working at the radio station, All for Peace?

Could you describe the radio station?

In what language is your radio program?

I want to go back a little bit to the lectures you spoke of earlier. You said that there were some aggressive students. What is the most common reaction of the students you talk to?

You said you were more extreme when you used to write during school but your encounter with Israeli civilians caused a change. Was there a specific point for it or was it a process?

You said that when you used to think about revenge, the more you wrote aggressively, the more painful it was for you. What has changed now? What does the sense of revenge mean now?

What do you mean when you say they did a “do a specific thing”? Do you mean violence?

You said you wanted to tell the Americans and Europeans not to say, ’this is wrong and that is right’, but rather help in reaching a solution. Do you think there must be a third party in order to reach a solution?

When you use the word martyr or martyrdom, to some people, those words are a little problematic as their meaning may not be clear. At the Forum, what is the term that you use?

What does the word martyr mean for Palestinians and Arabs in general?

So both Palestinians and Israelis killed could be referred to as martyrs?

You said your family’s opinions, and you said they were worried about you when you joined Fatah, and when you became friends with students from the Ulpan. What do they think of what you’re doing now at the Forum and at the radio station?

What about your friends, what do they think of your work?

What are the biggest challenges you face in your work?

Generally, young people your age were the most affected in society by the intifada, where are you in relation to your peers, do you think your work is marginalized? How effective do you think your work is?

What is in your opinion the biggest stereotype people have about coexistence work?

Why do you think that it’s important for individuals to be active? Why did you personally not count on the political leaders to solve the conflict and took it upon yourself to be active?

What about the people who want to get to know the other side and be able to communicate with the other side, and they want to be active, but they don’t know where to begin? What advice do you for have for them?

If you had the chance to change something, what would it be?

What are the most important lessons you learned from your experiences?

What is the most important thing you want to achieve for your nation/country?

Since there is asymmetry in the Israeli and Palestinian life standards, in your opinion; what is the difference, if there is any, in the motivation of Israelis and Palestinians to want to work together?

In your opinion, what are the conflict’s most important elements?

How do you envision the solution to be?

What would it take to reach such a solution?