Palestine

In the 2023-24 winter term, ICU undergraduate student Shiho Takechi was awarded a JICUF grant on behalf of the Japan Israel Palestine Student Conference (JIPSC). ICU students played a key role in founding JIPSC in 2003, and for over 20 years, JIPSC has facilitated dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian students and raised awareness of the Israel-Palestine conflict in Japan. This year, with the region in a crisis, JIPSC plans to invite eight youth from both Israel and Palestine to Japan. While the JICUF grant will cover a part of their travel expenses to Japan, JIPSC is fundraising to cover the remainder of the cost.