The center was established in April, 1988, as a group of Palestinians and
Israelis who thought of organizing a dialogue session in which they might talk about the
Palestinian Israeli conflict. The idea is not to convince each other of one’s point
of view, but to get to know more about the other side and try to discuss and overcome
stereotypes, prejudice, fears and to promote learning among people in order to bring about
a better understanding and readiness to advocate a just and peaceful solution for the
Palestinian cause. The center is a non-profit, non-affiliate, non-political, non-religious
and non-governmental organization located in the occupied Palestinian town of Beit Sahour.
PCR brings Palestinians and people from different nationalities, on a
grass-root level. But our emphasis is to facilitate dialogue between Palestinians and
Israelis. May this was unliked by the Israeli Shabak (the Israeli internal security
system), the thing that made them to arrest many of the Palestinians Involved in this
dialogue, so the center was formally registered under the auspices of the MCC, the
Mennonite Central Committee in Jerusalem which formed an umbrella for the center.