Ali Abu Awwad
Ali Abu Awwad is a Palestinian activist and pacifist. He is the founder of Al Tariq (The Way), which teaches the principles of nonviolent resistance to Palestinian men, women, and children. He is also a member of the Bereaved Families Forum, and tours the world together with Robi Damelin to encourage dialogue and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. His life and work has been featured in two award-winning films, Encounter Point and Forbidden Childhood. He lives in Beit Ummar, near Hebron. At the start of 2014, together with Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and others, Awwad formed "Roots", a group based in the West Bank area of Gush Etzion to promote dialogue and eventually trust between Israelis and Palestinian as a path to peace.
Neil Goldstein
Revalyn Faba Sack
Revalyn Faba Sack is currently a teacher of Language Acquisition English and Spanish, Theory of Knowledge and is the university guidance counsellor at EMIS.
She has taught in international schools in Spain, Israel, China, Norway, Thailand, Barbados and Denmark. In addition to her many years’ teaching experience, Revalyn has been actively involved in curriculum development for both face-to-face and online curricula.
She is the proud mother of four multilingual children who enjoyed the benefits of an IB education!
Yossi Beilin
Dr. Yossi Beilin’s career of public service began with his appointment as Cabinet Secretary, and he held various ministerial positions in different governments.
Beilin, made peace his personal mission and identified Israel’s national interest as being best served by achieving a fair, just and comprehensive peace in the region.
He is a leading proponent of the Peace Process between Israel and Israel’s neighbors. Most notably, he is the initiator and the architect of the 1993 Oslo Accords as well as Geneva Initiative