Many of these ideas have been tried before and there is no analysis of why it continues to fail no matter the Palestinian leadership. Einat Wolf showed clearly how misguided these efforts are as long as the Palestinians continue to have hope that they can destroy Israel and ethnically cleanse all the non Islamic humans.

You get a hint right away in the trailer of what you're dealing with when the reporters say that they are reporting from "Israel-Palestine." Amazing how so many people just blithely go along with propaganda like this, simply because it's wrapped in a nice-sounding package. This pod is funded by the New Israel Fund, which isn't just "progressive," it raises money for actual anti-zionist causes. Just to be clear, "anti-zionist" = "no israel." That's from an organization that on the surface claims to want to improve Israel. Happy listening, useful idiots.

This beautifully researched and presented series is a must for everyone who cares about Israel / Palestine and the future of the people who live there. God bless you and the work of your hands and voices.

The authentic voice of the peace builders is restorative

You are doing brave and courageous work! These are the stories and actions we need to help build a better future for us all. I stand in awe!

Sally is an excellent interviewer, asking thoughtful and penetrating questions to a great line up of guests while also sharing her own inclusive vision for changing Israel.

I found this podcast inspiring and informative in a way that goes deeper than all the other news sources about the conflict. Let’s hear more! We need this out there!

Palestinian and Israeli voices, Jewish and Arab, working for a real future. Very hopeful, despite the struggles.

Excellent podcast. Very informative and factual. Focuses on a peaceful future

Excellent podcast. Important stories that aren’t being told elsewhere. Heartbreaking and inspiring. Must listen.

Groundwork is incredibly powerful. Sally Abed and Dina Kraft are eloquent listeners and facilitators of conversation and their guests share critical stories. Highly recommended for everyone who hopes for a better future for Israelis and Palestinians.

Thank you so very much to Sally Abed and her team! I first heard Sally on a different podcast in the summer of 2020 and she deeply impacted, no revolutionised, the way I thought about Palestinians and their world. I am deeply grateful to Sally. Listen to this wonderful podcast if you want to hear real stories and real complexities. Sally is making a real impact!

I have been learning about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for many years and have found in Groundwork a valuable new source of information about reality on the ground, especially for Palestinians, and also a welcome source of inspiration in the show’s profiles of brave and dedicated activists.

I was introduced to this podcast because I’m a big fan of Israel Story. When I heard the ad for this, I was intrigued. Instead it is a slanted, pseudo-intellectual, one sided left wing series. We are told Haifa is actually not a city of coexistence for example, due to the events that happened in May 2021 and to support that we hear from a well spoken Arab and a left-wing Israeli. Anyone else? Nope. Do I think Israel is perfect? No. I never did. But it feels like this podcaster is trying to subtly align Palestinian issues with the BLM type narrative, as if the Arabs are sitting ducks, pure and innocent, but for the cop killer Israelis. If I wanted to listen to this kind of thing, I would go to NPR. No thanks.

Your podcast gives me a glimmer of hope that peace and coexistence may one day be a possibility. Please keep your amazing podcasts coming.

I listened to episode one about Jerusalem. I really enjoyed the reporting but found it somewhat misleading. In the beginning of the episode it said that Palestinians of East Jerusalem only have residency but not Israeli citizenship. What the episode failed to mention is that this is by their own choice. When the city was annexed by Israel in 1967 the Palestinian who came under Israeli rule were offered the option of becoming Israeli citizens. However, both at that time and in subsequent years, most chose not to become Israeli citizens. Much of the discussion in the episode on Jerusalem centered around equal rights for Palestinians. I think the elephant in the room that was not addressed is that if the Palestinian citizens of East Jerusalem did become citizens, and in turn voted in Israeli elections, their plight could, and likely would, improve. To take a lesson from the history of the United States, it was when blacks started voting in greater numbers as a result of a voting rights acts in the 1950s and 1960s, they made great strides toward equal rights and more protections under the law.