JERUSALEM, June 6, 2005 - At a reception at the American Center in Jerusalem, U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer presented the inaugural Victor J. Goldberg IIE Prize for Peace in the Middle East to Professors Dan Bar-On and Sami Adwan for their pioneering work in engaging Israeli and Palestinian teachers and teenagers in changing entrenched and polarizing attitudes on both sides of the region’s conflict.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) created the Goldberg IIE Prize to recognize outstanding work being conducted jointly by two individuals, one Arab and one Israeli, working together to advance the cause of peace in the Middle East. A prestigious international committee judged the shared history project, “Learning Each Other’s Historical Narrative,” to be most successful in bringing people together and breaking down the barriers of hatred toward “the other,” and selected Professors Bar-On and Adwan, co-directors of Peace Research Institute in the Middle East (PRIME), to receive the $10,000 Prize this year.
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At the presentation of the inaugural Goldberg IIE Prize at the American Center in Jerusalem. |
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Dr Sami Adwan and Dr Dan Bar-On, winners of the Goldberg IIE Prize, and co-directors of Peace Research Institute in the Middle East (PRIME). Dr Bar-On displays the text book "Learning Each Other’s Historical Narrative: Palestinians and Israelis." |
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