The Promises Peace Summit
Green Section English 6
We finished B.Z. Goldberg's movie Promises, during which students took notes on one particular character for our role play exercises. Students then put on name tags with their characters' names, and then they held informal negotiation sessions where they moved around the tables, speaking to other characters, seeing if they could “build alliances”—work through differences or imagine new proposals. They rotated from group to group and discussed alliance building for three-five minutes with every other character, staying in character when they discussed their differences and imagined new proposals.
They then used the experiences in their informal negotiation sessions to make whatever modifications they wanted to the answers to the five questions below.
The Promises Peace Summit was one of the last class days of the unit where we took the five questions one by one and ask for proposals and discussion, and after discussion, we brought these to a vote. Again, students stayed in character during the Peace Summit, while I took notes for us, displaying agreements and disagreements on the overhead.
1. What rights should the Palestinian refugees have?
GREEN PROPOSAL #1: Mahmoud: Palestinian refugees should have equal rights as Israelis.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #1: Yes: 7; No: 4 Proposal Passed
GREEN PROPOSAL #2: Faraj: Palestinians should have free travel through Israel.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #2: Yes: 7; No: 4 Proposal Passed
2. What should be the status of Jerusalem?
GREEN PROPOSAL #1: Faraj: Jerusalem should be an independent holy state that each country should share.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #1: Yes: 7; No: 4 Proposal Passed
GREEN PROPOSAL #2: Faraj: East Jerusalem should be returned to Palestine, while West Jerusalem should go to Israel with free passage between the two.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #2: Yes: 3; No: 8 Proposal Denied
GREEN PROPOSAL #3: Mahmoud: All of Jerusalem should belong to Palestine.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #3: Yes: 4; No: 7 Proposal Denied
GREEN PROPOSAL #4: Sanabel: Jerusalem should be shared equally between Israel and Palestine.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #4: Yes: 7; No: 4 Proposal Passed
3. What should be the status of the West Bank and Gaza, currently occupied by Israel?
GREEN PROPOSAL #1: Faraj: Gaza should be returned to Egypt. Israel should be split in half north-to-south with the eastern half becoming an independent Palestinian state while the western half should become an independent Israeli country.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #1: Yes: 5; No: 6 Proposal Denied Proposal Denied
GREEN PROPOSAL #2: Sanabel: Get rid of West Bank and Gaza and unite into one country.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #2: Yes: 3; No: 8 Proposal Denied
GREEN PROPOSAL #3: Daniel and Yarko: Israel should return Palestinian land taken during 1967 war back to Palestine.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #3: Yes: 7; No: 4 Proposal Passed
GREEN PROPOSAL #4: Shlomo: Israel should keep the West Bank and Gaza.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #4: Yes: 4; No: 7 Proposal Denied
4. Should the United States give aid to either the Israelis or Palestinians-or to both of them? If so, what kind of aid?
GREEN PROPOSAL #1: Moishe: U.S. should stop aid to Palestine; the same aid as currently given should continue to Israel.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #1: Yes: 2; No: 9 Proposal Denied
GREEN PROPOSAL #2: Sanabel: U.S. should supply the same aid to both sides.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #2: Yes: 7; No: 4 Proposal Passed
GREEN PROPOSAL #3: Shlomo: More U.S. aid should go to Israel (military and humanitarian aid), while only humanitarian aid should go to Palestine.
GREEN VOTE ON PROPOSAL #3: Yes: 4; No: 7 Proposal Denied
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