Who We Are

Challenge is an Israeli NGO, formed in 2010, to promote Conflict Transformation within both the Israeli and Palestinian arenas. Conflict Transformation is an innovative approach that helps to identify the different layers in the dynamic of a conflict and provides practical tools to reduce the suffering through empathy, creativity, and non-violence.

Conflict can be a source of growth and development. The problem arises when one or more parties to the conflict choose to use violence to achieve their goals. Violence is a multi-faceted phenomenon that occurs whenever an individual or group feel they are deliberately prevented from fulfilling their Basic Human Needs. To reduce the occurrence of violence we are required to understand the factors and dynamics that produce this sense of Basic Human Needs being blocked. Only then it will be possible to design specific solutions adapted to each situation.

Challenge's Goals Are

  • To promote a more egalitarian and tolerant reality.
  • To reduce the levels of violence by enhancing capabilities of individuals to deal with conflicts.
  • To raise awareness to the developments in the field of conflict transformation.

Theory of Change

By COMBINING conflict transformation theory with practical insights from the field, we develop skills that are tailored to our area.

By WORKING TOGETHER to apply these relevant conflict transformation skills, transformative opportunities are created for society's challenges.

By EMPOWERING these opportunities, both at the systemic and community levels, we foster conditions for transforming conflict dynamics.

By FOSTERING conditions for the de-escalation of conflicts, a better future will develop throughout the land that Jews and Palestinians call home.

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All conflicts can be transformed!
Let's rise to the challenge together.


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