EveryDay Voices Episode 1: Farming Across the Conflict by OneVoice Movement

When we hear about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the United States, we frequently view it through the lens of the news media, pro-Palestine and pro-Israel interest groups, politicians, and academia. What's missing is the people on the ground, who actually live in Israel and Palestine. Their voices, their stories, are rarely heard here in the United States. And sometimes, by listening to them we hear a different story about what's really happening on the ground.

In this first episode of Everyday Voices, we spoke with an Israeli flower farmer from Southern Israel and a Palestinian strawberry farmer from Northern Gaza about the challenges they each face in the absence of peace and the opportunities that peace might bring to the region.

The OneVoice Movement is a global initiative that supports grassroots activists in Israel, Palestine, and internationally who are working to build the human infrastructure needed to create the necessary conditions for a just and negotiated resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Written and recorded by Ezz Masri and Alec Ewig
Edited by James Feder

Music: Kalte Ohren (septahelix remix) by septahelix (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/septahelix/59527 Ft: starfrosch