Campus dialogue tours reduce polarization

Organized on‑campus tours that bring directly affected Israelis and Palestinians to speak and answer student questions can produce moments of humanization and empathy that break binary narratives. When repeated across many colleges, these structured encounters can change campus conversation norms and offer an alternative to protest‑driven escalation. — If scaled, such dialogue programs could shift how a large cohort of young voters understands the Israel–Palestine conflict and narrow campus‑driven polarization that spills into politics.