On the 30th of January Forward Thinking’s Director Oliver McTernan participated in a conference in Gaza concerning the opportunities, challenges and expectations facing Palestinian youth. The conference allowed young people to come together with...
Between the 16th and 21st of December Forward Thinking held a series of evaluation meetings in Gaza, Hebron, Jerusalem, Nablus and Hebron. Conversations with senior Palestinian political leaders from diverse factions focused on the steps...
Between 19th-25th November 2018, a delegation of British Muslim political figures from the Conservative Muslim Forum (CMF) travelled to Israel and Palestine. Forward Thinking were asked to facilitate a series of political meetings between...
Between the 18th and 21st of November, Forward Thinking facilitated a high-level religious scholars dialogue in Rome. The meeting brought together leading religious scholars from the Jewish, Muslim and Christian traditions in order to build...
Between the 7th and 11th of October 2018, a political, religious and civil society delegation of female leaders from Israel’s national religious community visited Belfast and Dublin to explore the experiences of conflict and...
Between the 1st-4th of October Oliver McTernan held a series of intensive meetings in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel in order to gain insights into current political dynamics and evaluate the current...
Exploring the Irish experiences of conflict and the peace process continues to be valued by figures from within the national religious community who seek insights and opportunities for reflection on their own context, and...
Building on our engagement with Knesset Members and senior party leaders from the right of Israeli politics, Forward Thinking facilitated a visit to Belfast and Dublin for an Israeli political delegation including ministerial chiefs...
Following an intensive series of conferences in Ireland, Forward Thinking spent time between Jerusalem and Ramallah holding a series of discussions about implementing the recommendations made by participants. These meetings were an opportunity to assess...
The Director of Forward Thinking,Oliver McTernan, recently spent five days in Gaza for intensive meetings meetings with political figures, academics, journalists and youth. The meetings provided an opportunity to access the situation, especially with...