Shusha
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The problem with these "normalizing" projects is that they do not change policy.
An Israeli and Palestinian can be the best of friends but when the Palestinian goes home he finds his house bulldozed.
You're wrong. Policies are made by and changed by people. When young people grow up with a different set of understandings and values about the conflict -- they will be able to change the policies to reflect that shared understanding which seed was planted in "normalizing" projects like this one.
(And am I correct in assuming your use of the term "normalizing" is intended to be derogatory? As in, we must not "normalize" relations with Jews).
So the children who have had the experience of talking to each other will understand that demonizing only the one side as you did above is neither a morally correct nor helpful approach to the conflict.