David Makovsky and Gaith al-Omari

Want To Keep Students from Turning to BDS? Try Mock Peace Negotiations With a Twist

As the two of us headed to the University of California, Santa Barbara to give a talk about Palestinian-Israeli peace back in 2009, we didn’t think much about it. We’re both veterans of this conflict, accustomed to the regular interactions between Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East, and to the civil, collegial and interactive…