A Delegation of Members of the Knesset visit Belfast, Dublin and Maynooth, 27th April - 1st May 2014

Forward Thinking facilitated a cross-party delegation of 7 Israeli Knesset Members to Belfast, Dublin and Maynooth. The delegates, from the Labour, Meretz and Hatenua parties, met with a range of politicians, negotiators, diplomats, academics, and religious leaders, from both the unionist and republican communities, in order to discuss the mistakes and achievements of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The discussions allowed the delegates to explore the complexities and challenges that had to be faced by different sides within the process in order to reach an agreement and then maintain it (such as the challenges involved when dealing with militant groups, responding to the various narratives in a conflict, and engaging and leading constituency, for example).