 Young people can be important players in the search for peace. They may see opportunities for resolving conflict that are beyond the imagination of their elders. They are less burdened with traumas of the past. And as future leaders, they are motivated to shape the world they will inherit. Seeds of Peace, which is supported by the Institute, is a unique summer camp experience for young people on both sides of conflict. It prepares young leaders from Israel and the Palestinian territories to think afresh about one of the world's most enduring conflicts. Graduates of the seeds camp have gone on to become peace builders in their home communities. Here is one story. My name is Tamar Whiteis. I'm 17 years old. I'm religious Jew. And I'm from Rehoboth Israel. Growing up, we didn't have that many ideas about Palestinians or the conflict. Once I got older, I started getting more interested in news, and that's when I started hearing about the other side. My name is Sumail Qawasmi. I'm 17 years old. I'm Palestinian from Jerusalem. I live in Sheikh Jarrah. We have a lot of problems with Israeli soldiers' governments because they want to take the land. This whole land, many religious people feel like there's nothing here that you can compromise and as long as the other side wants that land, there's nothing we can do. I wanted to come to the seeds of peace camp because I want to see how the other side really think about us. The main problem of this conflict is you just don't know the other side. I had no idea what the other side was like. I barely knew what my side was like. I used to think that Israelis are bad persons. I can't communicate with them. I can't talk to them. I can't share anything with them. We sit and we share ideas, opinions. We don't have to accept the other side opinions. Just we have to listen to them and to understand. It started off as very loud yelling. I know we have different opinions, but it's okay. I know now that I can listen to them. It was very important for me personally to hear the personal stories. What's bothering me? What I feel? What is my hurt? What is happening back at home? We feel that we are equal. It may get more possible to talk and to share. The main thing of how people can go out with trust is, hey, I just had a good time. I caught myself laughing with this person. And then I suddenly realized, wait a second, this is the person that I yelled at an hour ago. And that just gives you the opportunity to see the person underneath. Coming back from camp, I started with a sense of I need to teach them and I need to show them no matter what they think. I spoke with other people like my friends and my neighbors. Maybe the thing which I can do now is spread the opinions that Israeli, they are human being the same as us. Young people are more important to pacemaking because they still have enough of an open mind to learn. I mean, we haven't started our path in life yet so we can choose to go on a path of working towards it. You can say that they are the future, so they can achieve something.