Amal Jadou

Palestinian

In the three years since the start of the current Intifada, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has left more than 3,000 dead. Key to reaching a solution is understanding the failure of previous negotiation processes. A doctoral candidate at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Amal Jadou has focused on international negotiation, conflict resolution, and security. She is currently working on her dissertation: an analysis of the Oslo process under President Clinton. Born and raised in a refugee camp near Bethlehem, Ms. Jadou is a former member of the board of trustees of Wi’am, a Palestinian conflict resolution center. In 1998, she visited Native American reservations in the United States and Canada to study issues relevant to North America’s indigenous people, particularly political agreements with non-native governments. Currently a fellow at Harvard Law School’s program on negotiation, Ms. Jadou holds a master’s degree in international studies from Birzeit University—her thesis compared Cherokee and Palestinian history—and a certificate in diplomacy and conflict resolution from the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs.

Ms. Jadou’s peace-building activities include:

• working as a researcher at the non-governmental organization Peace Research Institute in the Middle East, where she cooperated with Palestinian and Israeli academics dedicated to peaceful coexistence through common research and outreach;
• writing and distributing reports on the treatment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, and hosting delegations of those interested in the subject as the public relations officer at the Palestinian Prisoner Society;
• meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson regarding the condition of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails;
• representing Palestinian Muslims at the conference hosted by King Abdullah of Jordan, “Religious Education and Peace Building,” which brought together Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist participants, the last of which were represented by the Dalai Lama; and
• organizing meetings and conferences on conflict mediation and the prevention of violence against women at Wi’am; and
• addressing President Johannes Rau of Germany on behalf of Palestinian university students.

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