Amity in the Middle East: How the World Sports Peace Project and the Passion for Football Brought Together Arab and Jewish Youngsters - Softcover

"I have been consistently encouraged by the work of Conflict Prevention through sport by Geoffrey Whitfield and his colleagues. Their successful work in Israel with Arab and Jewish young people has been the result of both vision and sustained hard work. The story will encourage and activate everyone interested and involved in peace work." --Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus

"There's much talk about conflict resolution; less about conflict prevention, and even then, it tends to be in the rarefied realms of conferences and consultations. Other than the fact it is a good read, there are three reasons why this book is important. It deals with conflict resolution at ground level; it involves the generations whose futures are in the melting, and it's about sport - which is not just fun, but is where you people learn about justice, fair play, obeying the rules and team work." --Former Head of Religious Broadcasting, BBC Northern Ireland

"The shared vision - democratic, passionate, and rife with difficulties and pitfalls - is an expression of religion as passionate action. Imagine, if you can, the glorious incongruity of Arab and Jewish boys and girls playing soccer in Bethlehem or Nazareth, or in the shadow of the Sermon on the Mount. Downright inspiring." --Ron David, author "Arabs & Israel for Beginners "

"The book reads more like a suspense novel as Geoffrey documents the birth and growth of WSPP, the impossible made possible by the involvement of people who 'have a scale of mind and heart beyond the ordinary'. Football (soccer) is a powerful metaphor for learning to trust, having confidence in each other, and working together toward a common goal . . . behaviors which continue to be all too elusive on a global scale." --J. Clayton Schroeder, bookseller and freelance writer, Portsmouth, NH, USA

"I have been consistently encouraged by the work of conflict prevention through sport by Geoffrey Whitfield and his colleagues. Their successful work in Israel with Arab and Jewish young people has been the result of both vision and sustained hard work. The story will encourage and activate everyone interested and involved in peace work." --Bishop Desmond Tutu

I have been consistently encouraged by the work of conflict prevention through sport by Geoffrey Whitfield and his colleagues. Their successful work in Israel with Arab and Jewish young people has been the result of both vision and sustained hard work. The story will encourage and activate everyone interested and involved in peace work. Bishop Desmond Tutu"

The shared vision democratic, passionate, and rife with difficulties and pitfalls is an expression of religion as passionate action. Imagine, if you can, the glorious incongruity of Arab and Jewish boys and girls playing soccer in Bethlehem or Nazareth, or in the shadow of the Sermon on the Mount. Downright inspiring. Ron David, author, "Arabs & Israel for Beginners""

"The shared vision--democratic, passionate, and rife with difficulties and pitfalls--is an expression of religion as passionate action. Imagine, if you can, the glorious incongruity of Arab and Jewish boys and girls playing soccer in Bethlehem or Nazareth, or in the shadow of the Sermon on the Mount. Downright inspiring." --Ron David, author, Arabs & Israel for Beginners