Debate for Peace brings together Arab and Jewish students from more than 100 cities and towns around Israel, as well as Palestinian territories, to participate in Model United Nations conferences, where they debate, negotiate and try to resolve the most difficult and pressing challenges in international relations. Our achievements include winning Best Small Delegation at Yale MUN 47 and Yale Model Government Europe (YMGE) XII, along with participating in briefings at the European Parliament in Brussels, the UN Security Council, UNODC in Vienna and UN Habitat World Cities Day, visits to numerous UN offices and departments in NYC, Geneva, Vienna and Jerusalem, and meetings with three different peacekeeping missions. To learn more about who we are and what we do, see the About page and read our Youth-created Charter.
If you are a school or individual interested in joining, please see the Join us page for information about conferences and delegations abroad. Learn about all of our conferences and future events at the Events page. And check out the Other Side podcast started by one of our alumni, and our recently published books: The Write Path and The Write Path II.
The 2026 Writers Matter Competition is now live! See the details here.
Students: to join our free online Writers Matter workshop, please register here.
Teachers: join the Writers Matter school project by applying here.
Please consider helping out: we rely on donations and grants to help run conferences. Contact us to find out how you can help.
To see press coverage of the program, see the In the News page.
To read perspectives from participants, see the Testimonials page.
For MUN-related blog posts, see our Blog.
And to get in touch with us, see the Contact page. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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