Ashkelon, Israel

So we tried to play it cool, but we couldn’t help being a little taken aback to find Amir at his house in Ashkelon in complete army gear – fatigues and an M-16. Still a peace-loving person, Amir is in the midst of completing his 3-year army service, required for all Israeli high school graduates. His position is as a medic in an engineering unit so he spends his days using emergency medicine skills and taking care of people. Amir’s future is open, though he is hoping to find a way to study business management in the United States. Over Israeli cakes and coffee in the house Amir lives in with his parents, Amir told us about what happened to the RPS project that he proposed during the Junior Summit—several years later it was started between his former school and a Palestinian one in the West Bank.

You can email Amir at amir_n@netvision.net.il and find more pictures of him here.