Teachers do not go to a battlefield and stop war, but they can play a powerful role in enabling their students to study war and conflict without developing a war mindset.
Peace and empathy go together as a peaceful society is founded on a bedrock of empathy, which cannot be cultivated without peace at the very core of thinking and action.
Analyzing the Israel-Palestine conflict as a protracted social conflict is complex, as it involves not only material factors such as territory and resources, but also identities, histories and psychologies, permeating deep into the respective societies.