Director of Wi’am, a Palestinian conflict resolution center talks of hope

Zoughbi Zoughbi, the of Director of Wi’am, the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center in Bethlehem, speaks in this video about his reasons for having hope about the challenges facing Palestinians in the long struggle to find peace in the Palestine-Israel conflict.

Wi’am is a grassroots organization working to promote peace by training people on both sides of the Palestine-Israel conflict in peaceful relationship-building, non-violent responses to injustice and conflict, and the promotion of human rights.

“Wi’am” in Arabic means “cordial relationships,” and developing relationships, Zoughbi said, is the essence of Wi’am’s mission.

The video is from an interview in Kirkland, WA on Saturday, Dec. 18. He was scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. at the University Lutheran Church, at 1604 NE 50th St. in Seattle.