Could Psychedelics Help Build Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians?

Research reveals that ayahuasca could be key in erasing conflict between Israel and Palestine

Evan Lewis-Healey
5 min readMay 26, 2021

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A wall at Netiv HaAsara facing the Gaza border reads the words “Path to Peace” in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Photo by Cole Keister on Unsplash

New research from Imperial College London has investigated whether the psychedelic ayahuasca could be used in peacebuilding between conflict regions such as Israel and Palestine.

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Evan Lewis-Healey

PhD student at Cambridge University. Studying the cognitive neuroscience of altered states of consciousness | Writer for Psychedelic Spotlight