Younited featured on NPR’s ‘The World’

Journalist, Rebecca Rosman, was sent to Israel by NPR’s ‘The World’ to find stories post October 7th that were not covered by the media during war time. Please listen to her piece on Younited and its parent organization, Givat Haviva. https://theworld.org/stories/2024/02/22/school-israel-opening-dialogue-between-its-jewish-and-arab-students

GHIS/Santa Barbara Partnership

When 21-year-old Liberian national Chernor Diallo was elected student body president at Santa Barbara City College this spring, it was the pinnacle of a journey that had taken him around the world via an innovative two-year baccalaureate degree and leadership program headquartered in Israel. Givat Haviva International School (GHIS), has enjoyed strong sponsorship from Santa […]

Joint Jewish-Arab Education in Schools—a Must and Also a Right

The Calcalist is a serious Israeli Daily which is similar in style to The Economist.  This article with Yuval Dvir focuses on the opportunity and privilege of being part of a diverse Arab, Jewish and international faculty in a country where this is very unusual. Read the article in Hebrew and the translation in English

Brave Friendship: Tohar and Mohammad Learn Coexistence

Students Tohar and Mohammed share their thoughts on how GHIS has taught them to listen and empathize with each other, despite their very different backgrounds. Thank you @Yifat Erlich at Israel Hayom for so well presenting the challenges alongside the humanity, respect and friendships that develop at GHIS and bring us all hope for a […]

GHIS Students Share How the School Has Broadened Their Horizons

The Jerusalem Post published an article that highlights the experiences of students at GHIS. Students of all backgrounds show us just how their time at our school has impacted them, and broadened their horizons through leadership and conflict resolution skills.

Yaniv Sagee

Chair

yaniv sagee

For more than seven decades, Givat Haviva has provided educational programs aimed at developing a just, equal, and inclusive society. In 2018, we created GHIS as an educational incubator to develop leaders for the future of our world, the Middle East, and Israel—to help move from competition and struggle between nations to a shared, egalitarian society that operates in peace.

GHIS students study the complexity of global conflicts, the differences, and the similarities between them. They learn that individual identity can exist while accepting the identity of the other, and that conflict can be transcended through greater mutual understanding.

Our school draws on the insights of the IB program and the experience of our students from around the world, and supplements it with conflict resolution knowledge accumulated over more than 70 years in Givat Haviva. With this formula a responsible cohort of young people is being created that will one day lead our shared society.

As CEO of Givat Haviva from 2012-2021, Yaniv was one of Israel’s primary leaders of shared society. In this role he created programs that promote these values and educate as many citizens as possible to the benefits of working together.

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David Zehavi

Hebrew Literature
Mentor

David joined GHIS because he was looking for the right educational establishment to develop personally and professionally. As soon as he heard about GHIS, he realized that it suits his values.

“As someone who has always been committed to coexistence in Israel, I see GHIS as a great vehicle to bring young people together in an accepting and non-prejudicial way.”

As well as being a teacher, David is also trained in special needs education at all school levels.

David holds a joint Honors B.Ed.  in Special Education ages 6 to 21, and BA in Literature at Oranim College 

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