Debate for Peace

In August 2022 we held 2 international delegations: August 2-9 (Albania and Italy), and August 10-15 (the UN offices in Vienna). This year’s international MUN delegations are to Yale MUN (US) and MEDIMUN (Cyprus). Two more delegations will be scheduled for summer 2023. Contact us via email or Facebook to participate in conferences, delegations or our weekly meetings in Tel Aviv, or to arrange a meeting. Additional embassy meetings will be scheduled shortly and updated here.

• November 14: TIQVAMUN
• November 17: Meeting with the Ambassador of Malta
• November 24: Visit to the Chinese Cultural Center and meeting with the Ambassador China
• December 5-6: ATIDMUN
• January 17-25 Yale MUN delegation (NY, CT)
• February 2-5 MEDIMUN delegation (Cyprus)
• February 19-21 TIMEMUN delegation
• March 13-14 GALMUN delegation

See the full integrative national MUN conference schedule here.

Past events:

• April 28-May 1 National delegation to BTMUN in Botosani, Romania
• Friday May 19, 2017: Debate for Peace briefing at the American Embassy with Yoni Eshpar, Political Affairs Officer with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
• Friday June 2, 2017: Debate for Peace briefing at the home of the Ambassador of Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Jean-Daniel Ruch
• Friday June 9, 2017: Debate for Peace briefing and simulation at the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (DfP alumni)
• Friday July 7, 2017: Debate for Peace briefing at the American Embassy with Yoni Eshpar, Political Affairs Officer with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
• Friday July 14th, 2017: Debate for Peace briefing with the Ambassador of Cyprus, H.E. Ms. Thessalia-Salina Shambos.
• Monday July 17, 2017: NAHDAMUN conference in Kufr Qara. Read more here.
• Friday July 21 and Friday July 28, Debate for Peace delegation to a special Israeli-Palestinian Congress with Minds of Peace and the Charney Resolution Center at the Kfar Hayarok youth village.
• Wednesday August 30: Debate for Peace delegation attended the address of the UN Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guterres, at Tel Aviv University.
• Friday September 8: First teacher training session
• Friday September 15: Student leadership opening meeting @ the US Embassy
• October 19-21: Debate for Peace presented our MUN conflict resolution and dialogue model at the European Parliament at an event organized by EPMED.
• October 24: Or Moshe represented Debate for Peace at the 2017 United Nations Day Ceremony.
• October 27: Debate for Peace meeting at the Embassy of Belgium
• October 30: NYU Alumni and the US Embassy partner to host a Debate for Peace panel on “Youth empowerment in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”
• October 30: Aviv Hanuka represented Debate for Peace at the Korean Embassy National Day celebration
• Thursday November 2: Opening Debate for Peace conference for 2017-2018 academic year hosted by Bashaer School in Sakhnin.
• Friday, November 10: Meeting with H.E. Ambassador Bardhyl Canaj at the Albanian Embassy.
• December 1-5: DfP Delegation to Kosovo MUN
• December 22: Meeting with H.E. Ambassador Nathaniel Imperial at the Philippines Embassy.
• January 5, 2018: Debate for Peace briefing at the American Embassy with Yoni Eshpar, Political Affairs Officer with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO).
• January 12: MUN Skills Workshop 1 with the Cohen Idov Center for Debate and Public Speaking.
• January 25: MUN Skills Workshop 2: Resolution Writing with Daniel Gindis
• January 26: Meeting with the Ambassador of Cyprus, H.E. Ms. Thessalia-Salina Shambos
• February 2: MUN Skills Workshop 3 with the Cohen Idov Center for Debate and Public Speaking.
• February 2-3: Leadership retreat in Tel Aviv.
• February 6: Debate for Peace and YES students meeting with Ms. Lynn Roche, Director of Public Diplomacy, Near Eastern Affairs.
• February 9-11: DfP Delegation to MEDIMUN (Cyprus).
• February 10-15: Debate for Peace students participate in the AIM trip: Brussels to Israel-Palestine
• February 23: Volunteering (Tel Aviv)
• February 27: QASMUN in Baqa al-Gharabiya
• March 2: British Embassy briefing (Tel Aviv)
• March 9: Training session (Negev)
• March 16: Training session (Tel Aviv)
• March 23: Spanish Embassy briefing  (Tel Aviv)
• April 12: Volunteering day together with the YES program (Tel Aviv)
• April 20: Music for Dialogue (Tel Aviv)
• April 26: Debate for Peace delegation to ARMUN
• April 27: Volunteering day together with the YES program (Tel Aviv) and NYU Alumni Club Tel Aviv
• May 4: Volunteering day (Tel Aviv)
• May 13: DfP Presentation at the Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Chicago
• May 31: DfP Iftaar
•  June 8: French Embassy briefing (Tel Aviv)
• June 15: Briefing with Dr. Shadman Zaman (Tel Aviv)
• June 21: End of Year celebration hosted by US Embassy Cultural Attache Jonathan Berger
• June 22-23: Workshop in Jerusalem with the Hand in Hand school and a Syrian Jewish delegation visiting from NY (Sabra Institute)
• June 29: Sports and picnic day
• July 5-10 Debate for Peace participation in the Changemaker Exchange in Amsterdam
• July 13: Visit to the Peace Collection of Devorah and Dr. Eli Fischer and discussion on Peace
• July 20: Volunteering
• July 27: Meeting with the Ambassador of Slovenia, H.E. Ms. Barbara Susnik
• August 3: Discussion on Refugees and LGBT rights (US Embassy)
• August 10: Volunteering
• August 12-16: Debate for Peace delegation to Tel Aviv MUN conference
• August 12: Meeting with Teens for Unity in Jerusalem
• August 12-19 Debate for Peace visits the San Francisco-Bay area.
• August 15: Workshop on writing study guides and chairing (US Embassy)
• August 17: Skyping with peace activists in Iraqi Kurdistan and Gaza
• August 26: Opening meeting for 2018 Fellows
• August 31: “Overcoming war to become a social entrepreneur” (guest speaker)
• September 7: “Promoting peace in and out of the army” with Hen Mazzig
• September 14: Intro to debate and logic
• October 5: Briefing with Yoni Eshpar, Political Affairs Officer with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
• October 5-6: Leadership retreat in Dimona
• October 10: HadassimMUN
• October 11-12: Food for Thought program sponsored by the US Embassy
• October 26: Briefing at the home of the Ambassador of Ecuador, H.E. Ms. María Gabriella Troya
• November 8: BashaerMUN
• November 9: Briefing at the home of the Ambassador of Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Jean-Daniel Ruch
• November 14-21: OXIMUN delegation (Oxford, London)
• November 23 Volunteering
• November 30 KIMUN Prep
• December 2-9: KIMUN delegation (Tirana, Kosovo)
• December 14: Volunteering
• December 21: Tips for winning awards
• December 28: Dr. Omer Salem: Quranic interpretation and Jewish-Muslim cooperation
• January 4, 2019: Yale MUN preparation
• January 10: TiqvaMUN delegation
• January 18: MEDIMUN training session
• January 14-21: YMUN delegation (NY, CT)
• January 25: Meeting with the Ambassador of Cyprus, H.E. Ms. Thessalia-Salina Shambos, in anticipation of the MEDIMUN 2019 delegation.
• January 29: YachadMUN delegation
• February 1: Briefing with the Ambassador of Guatemala, H.E. Mr. Mario Bucaro
• February 7-10 MEDIMUN delegation (Cyprus)
• February 14-19 Empathy Storytelling Delegation (Netherlands)
• February 20-25: RESOLVE Youth exchange (London)
• February 22: Briefing with the Ambassador of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Esteban Penrod
• March 1: Volunteering
• March 8: Group projects
• April 1-2 GALMUN delegation
• April 5: Volunteering day with NYU Alumni club
• April 5: Shabbat program with Belgian students via AIM
• April 7, 9, 10, 11: Verbal Jousting (debate) with Belgian students
• April 11: Delegation to TIRAMUN
• April 14-18: JLMUN conference
• April 24: Passover meeting: Sports and Picnic day
• April 30: Delegation to SHAREMUN
• May 3: Asking questions in MUNs with Daniel Gindis at US Embassy, Public Diplomacy office
• May 17: Leadership class + Skype with Sudan
• May 24: Briefing with Alejandra del Rio, Deputy Chief of Mission from the Spanish Embassy
• May 29-June 2: Delegation to Malmo, Sweden
• June 7: Briefing at the Italian Embassy with Deputy Chief of Mission Gianmarco Maccia
• June 13: End of Year celebration hosted by the US Embassy
• June 14: Briefing at the Belgian Embassy with Deputy Chief of Mission Pascal Buffin
• June 18: JemMUN conference
• June 21: Briefing with the Ambassador of Mexico
• June 27: Briefing with the Ambassador of Mexico
• June 28: Meeting with Ari Goldman: “Learning from Others’ conflict: Iraq”
• July 3: Discussion on Islam and Judaism, and Designing a Bi-National Anthem
• July 5: Meeting about MUN delegations abroad
• July 11: Simulation with delegations from Georgia, Sweden, and the UK
• July 12: Volunteering
• July 15-16: Overnight Israeli-Palestinian summit in Jerusalem
• July 18: Meeting with delegation from California
• July 18-26 TOKA delegation
• July 24: UN visit day in Jerusalem (UNTSO)
• July 26: Meeting with Yoni Eshpar, Political Affairs Officer with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO).
• July 29: Volunteering day in Tel Aviv
• August 4-8: Holyland MUN
• August 30: Volunteering day in Tel Aviv
• September 13: Volunteering day in Tel Aviv
• September 25: PeaceMUN 2019
• October 1-6: Participation in youth exchange and training in London
• October 15: Sukkot meeting with the Embassy of Cyprus
• October 16: Sukkot meeting with the Embassies of Ecuador and Kenya
• October 17: Visit with the Ambassador of Sweden
• October 18: Sukkot meeting with the American Embassy
• October 23: Meeting with the Ambassador of Switzerland
• October 29-November 5: Delegation to MalmoMUN (Sweden)
• November 7: QassemMUN
• November 13-20: Oxford MUN delegation
• November 22: Volunteering day
• November 22: Meeting with Director of English Language Programs at the US Department of State, Joseph Bookbinder, and Regional Language officer Eran Williams
• Dec. 6: Skype session with interfaith activists and researches from Libya and Tunisia
• Dec. 10 Colors of Ecuador exhibition with the Embassy of Ecuador
• Dec. 14 Yale MUN prep session at the American Embassy
• Dec. 18 Johns Hopkins MUN prep session
• Dec. 19 HadassimMUN delegation
• Dec. 20 Debate for Peace briefing at the American Embassy with Yoni Eshpar, Political Affairs Officer with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
• Dec. 22 Hanukkah hike with Iksal school
• Dec. 26 Visit and Hanukkah lighting at the Philippines Embassy
• Dec. 28 DfP Hanukkah party at the Ben Yair family
• Jan. 1, 2020 INSS presentation on Model UN and youth empowerment
• Jan. 8 HeyMUN delegation
• Jan. 16 HaiMUN delegation
• Jan. 19 QSchool MUN delegation
• Jan. 20-27 Delegation to Yale MUN
• Feb. 2-9 Delegation to Johns Hopkins MUN
• Feb. 14 Meeting with the Embassy of Netherlands
• March 25:  An imam and a rabbi discuss Coronavirus
• Debate series:

1. “Climate change is our generation’s greatest challenge”

2. “Jewish food beats Palestinian food”

3. “Teenagers (13 +) should be allowed to vote and run for office”

4. “Jerusalem should be an international city”

• Zoom with Tunisia, Italy and NYC
• April 20: Debate 5 on the proposition “Full scale quarantine is the best way to beat Corona”
• April 22: Debate 6 on the proposition “Jewish Democratic state is a contradiction”
• April 23: Zoom with UNSCO Political Affairs Officer Yoni Eshpar.
• Sunday, April 26:
• May 7: Debate for Peace Iftaar via Zoom
• May 11: Zoom with a diplomat: Ahmed Wali, US Embassy
• May 13: “Transitional Justice” with Louis Monroy-Santander, assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Bogota, Colombia
• May 19-22: Participation in Asfar New Youth Order digital workshops and talks
• May 26: “Criminal Justice in the United States” with Misha McDonald, US Embassy
• Monday June 8, Discussion on international law with Professor Oona Hathaway, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law and Counselor to the Dean at Yale law school.
• June 17: Discussion with Mashawna Vernon, US Embassy, on race relations and protests in the US
• June 24: Discussion on Annexation implications with a Palestinian diplomat
• July 1: Discussion between a former IDF soldier and a Palestinian activist from the West Bank
• August 27: End of Year celebration (via Zoom)
• September 8: UN75 Youth Consultation “Youth and Civic Engagement” with IAPSS Asia
• September 18: UNOCT High Level Meeting on Sports Values for Preventing Violent Extremism
• September 19: UN75 and the UN International Day of Peace with UN75; UN2020, and NGO-CSD NY
• September 21-23: UNOCT High Level Meeting on Sports Values for Preventing Violent Extremism
• October 30: UN Habitat World Cities Day presentation
• November 5: UN75 Panel on “New Pathways for Middle East Peace” and “Youth and UN75: Supporting Peace in the Middle East“
• November 22: Participation in AmbassadorMUN 2020 (Virtual conference)
• November 23: Presenting Debate for Peace at the UnLearningStereotype website launch
• December 10: Asfar-Resolve Annual Youth conference
• December 11: Presentation at the International Conference on Hate Speech and Discrimination
• December 15: Participation in AOSMUN 2020 (Virtual conference)
• December 20: Participation in IOMUN VI 2020 (Virtual conference)
• January 21-24 2021: Yale MUN delegation (Virtual conference)
• January 28: Presentation at the NGO: CSD-NY virtual conference on “Building Cultures of Peace”
• February 4: Discussing illegal immigration with the US Embassy
• February 6: TogetherMUN 3 delegation (Virtual conference)
• February 12-15 TIMEMUN delegation (Virtual conference)
• February 26: Oren Gian presentation at the UN Security Council
• March 15-18 TESMUN (Virtual conference)
• March 16: Presentation for John Abbott College students (Canada)
• March 19-21: YaleMUN Asia (Virtual conference)
• March 27: AtidMUN (Virtual conference)
• July 9: In person meeting at the US Embassy, Public Diplomacy Tel Aviv office
• August 23-27: Participation in the Power of Dialogue project with peers from Gamba, Jamaica, Kenya, the UK and US.
• August 27: Zoom with Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer Jessica Tesoriero, US embassy, discussing the situation in Afghanistan.
• September 2: Zoom on Afghanistan part II: retired US diplomat Terry Davidson discussed his time at the US Embassy in Kabul.
• September 17: Briefing at the Embassy of Ireland with Ambassador O’Sullivan.
• September 22: Briefing at the Embassy of Sweden with Ambassador Ullenhag.
• September 24: Sukkah of Peace – “Sukkah of Peace” hosting the Ambassadors of Croatia and Ecuador for a discussion about diplomacy and the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Debate for Peace sukkah.
• September 27: Sukkah of Peace – “Sukkah of Peace” hosting the Ambassador of Kazakhstan for a discussion about diplomacy and the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Debate for Peace sukkah.
• October 22: Visit to the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv
• October 27: Cultural Learning Visit with the Embassy of Ecuador
• October 28: Human MUN – first in person MUN conference in Israel since February 2020. Registration here.
• October 29: Briefing with the Ambassador of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Satybaldy Burshakov
• November 3-6: MUNOM delegation (Malmo, Sweden)
• November 24-25: ATIDMUN
• December 5: Hadassimun conference
• December 13: Embassy of Cyprus visit
• December 21: Briefing on Investing in Peace Education for NGO CSD-NY virtual session
• January 3: Embassy of the Philippines visit
• January 20-23: YMUN delegation (virtual)
• January 23: TIQVAMUN delegation (virtual)
• February 3: Russia House visit
• February 20-22: TIMEMUN (virtual conference)
• March 21: GALMUN (Nazareth)
• March 25-27: MEDIMUN delegation (Nicosia, Cyprus)
• March 30: SHAREMUN
• April 11: Debate for Peace Iftaar with Ambassador of Kazakhstan
• April 20: Briefing at Embassy of Kosovo
• April 21: Briefing at Embassy of Slovenia
• May 2-5: Sense of Belonging Conference, Amsterdam, NL
• May 20: Meeting with the Ambassador of Uzbekistan, H.E. Ms. Feruza Makhmudova 
• May 27: Meeting at the Embassy of Belgium
• June 10: Meeting at the Moroccan trade office with the Ambassador of Morocco
• June 17: Meeting at the British Ambassador’s residence to discuss Middle East peace
• August 2-9: Delegation to Albania and Italy
• August 10-15: Vienna delegation, with meetings at the US mission to the UN; Ambassador of Ecuador; Austrian foreign ministry, and the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
• September 16: Discussing Iranian nuclear talks @ the US Embassy in Tel Aviv
• September 23: Meeting with the Director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
• October 11-14: Sukkot diplomacy meetings with diplomats from Ethiopia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Ecuador, Philippines, Taiwan and Hungary.