The Swedish Ambassador to Israel, Erik Ullenhag writes: For me as a diplomat and an outsider, it is difficult enough to take in the suffering of both sides. I fully understand that it is even more difficult for two traumatized populations to see the other's reality. But if peace is to be achieved, meetings between people are necessary.
13 of January 2024 Kenan Malik talked at Kulturhuset in Stockholm about the origins and pitfalls of identity politics. Already 14 years ago Malik was invited to Stockholm by us through the Per Ahlmark Foundation, to talk about his then resently published book 'From Fatwa To Jihad'.
Since its founding in 2020, FeelBeit welcomed more than 40,000 Israelis and Palestinians to its arts events and cultural activities. The horrors of October 7 called all Israeli-Palestinian cooperation into question and tested the bridges built with great effort over many years.
'People call me a maligner of Israel, but it's our government that maligns Israel, the settler-messianic right wing. They are the people who think that the IDF's campaign should continue, and that dead soldiers and dead hostages are an understandable price.'
Issa Amro is Palestinian, human rights defender, a practioner of non violence as method and an activist against the occupation. The Robert Weil Family Foundation are proud supporters of the work with the groundbreaking film about Issa Amro.
The 30 of November 2023 Olof Palme International Center and the Robert Weil Family Foundation invited a group of representatives from the Swedish civil society to a round table discussion about the situation in Israel since October 7 and the role of Israeli civil society. Main speaker was Zehava Galon, founder and head of the Israeli think and do tank Zulat -Institute for Equality and Human Rights.
...he condemns all politics, regardless of color, that are cowards for antidemocratic currents in society. It is here that he sees one of the university's main tasks as a counterweight, to further knowledge, education, as well as free and critical thinking.
An installation by Ann Wåhlström that will be inaugurated in spring 2023, created specifically for the new entrance at Södertälje Hospital. Free for all to interpret.
A theatre performance by Ninna Tersman performed at Teater Tribunalen in Stockholm, with the support by the Robert Weil Family foundation.