I know, I know. I won’t believe it till I see it, either. The Israeli in me is skeptical/angry/excited, the spouse in me is tormented/emotional/hopeful, and the mediator in me is curious/reflective/fatigued.
For better or worse, I’m indulging in this:
Eldad Regev’s father: Deal finalized for abducted troops’ return
The father of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier [...]
I know it’s been a while since I properly updated with the whole fancy ‘lizrael update’ subject line. And this is likely to be quick, since it concerns school.
Some days I’m soclose to finishing my remaining projects (which these days numbers three) and some days I feel like I will never finish this thing. Fortunately, [...]
I don’t want to make promises, because you just never know over here… But I’m %99.99 sure that I just finished my last ever final at Bar Ilan University…
…And I totally rocked it. Take that, Ethical Dilemmas in Mediation!
Here’s a portrait of the calm before the final:
It’s not the end of my degree, of course. [...]
I went for an interview today for an internship possibility for my conflict management course. Details about the interview and the internship itself aside… I walked away from the experience with a totally separate outlook.
After we established that I could give the internship a shot - it’s an intense task, in short organizing mediators and [...]
I received an email today from the head of the Conflict Management and Negotiation department at Bar Ilan, apologizing for the inconvenience of the strike. He is new to the position as of this year and I found his email refreshing; isn’t this what you would expect considering the focus of this department?
He explains that [...]