A Student-Led Dialogue Initiative
Making space for dialogue.
Bringing together students from diverse backgrounds to engage in meaningful conversations, embrace complexity, and build understanding across divides.
Our Purpose
Middle Meets is a student-led dialogue and leadership initiative bringing together Palestinian, Jewish Israeli, and international university students.
At the heart of Middle Meets are small, consistent dialogue groups where students meet over time to engage openly with the difficult questions, experiences, and narratives surrounding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
The goal is not to create artificial agreement. Middle Meets creates a space where participants can speak honestly, listen seriously, challenge one another, and remain in conversation across deep differences.
The program combines facilitated dialogue, academic learning, leadership development, community building, and international encounters — connecting university communities in Israel with students and institutions around the world.
By the Numbers
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Middle Meets brings together Jewish, Palestinian, and international students for meaningful dialogue, shared learning, and leadership development. Through facilitated conversations and encounters across difference, participants develop the skills needed to navigate complexity, foster understanding, and build lasting relationships.
What's Next
The next chapter of Middle Meets is beginning.
Tel Aviv University × Georgetown University
A new Middle Meets cohort connecting students from Tel Aviv and Georgetown through sustained dialogue, shared learning, and international encounter.
In collaboration with Scholas Occurrentes.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem × University of Pennsylvania × Temple University
A new Middle Meets cohort bringing together students from Jerusalem, UPenn, and Temple University for a shared process of dialogue, learning, and cross-campus exchange.
More university collaborations are taking shape as the Middle Meets network continues to grow.
Applications and more information coming soon.
Press & Recognition
Featured by leading universities, international media outlets, and Vatican-affiliated institutions around the world.
Since its founding, Middle Meets has become an internationally recognized initiative for dialogue and coexistence. Participants and organizers have been featured by universities, global media outlets, religious institutions, and international organizations for their work bringing together Jewish, Palestinian, and American students in meaningful conversations across divides. The initiative has been highlighted by major academic institutions, covered by international media, and presented on global stages including the Vatican.
Middle Meets participants meet with the Holy Father at the Vatican.
University of Notre Dame
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Read ArticleVatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
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Read ArticleVatican News
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Read ArticleTel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University International
Catholic World Report
Catholic News Agency
Haaretz
Herald Malaysia
Independent Catholic News
Radio Jai
Infobae
La Nación
Vatican News (Español)
Our Network
Middle Meets brings together students, faculty, and partners from leading universities and institutions across Israel, the United States, and Europe.
Get Involved
Support a new generation of students committed to understanding, engagement, and constructive conversation.
