Netanya children draw peace: six city schools enter the international Lions Peace Poster contest
Pupils from six Netanya primary schools are taking part in the Lions Peace Poster contest; Israel's winning entry goes to the UN building in New York.
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Netanya schoolchildren are joining this year’s international Peace Poster contest, run annually by Lions International. According to NetanyaNet, pupils from six of the city’s primary schools are taking part, and each will be asked to show in a drawing their vision of a world built on harmony, tolerance and mutual respect.
About the contest
Lions International has some 1.5 million volunteers around the world. The Peace Poster contest is open to children aged 11 to 13 and gives them a platform to express, through art, their thoughts, feelings and hopes about peace in the world.
In Netanya the contest is being run by the Lions Club «Yahalom» Netanya together with the primary education division of the municipal Education Administration. This year’s participants come from the Itamar, Tzlil (on Nordau), Hillel Tzur, Bialik, Tachkemoni and Naomi Shemer schools.
The theme chosen for this year is «Harmony in Humanity». Pupils are invited to use their work to express how they see living together, tolerance, mutual respect and peace between people.
From the city round to the UN
Every city with an active Lions club selects one entry, which goes forward to the national round to compete against winners from other cities. The work that takes first place in Israel will represent the country in the international contest, held every year at the United Nations building in New York.
An exhibition of the children’s works will also open in Netanya, with a performance by the MARSHAL choir of the Center for the Blind.
Nurit Gabay, head of the primary education division, said she was proud of Netanya’s pupils for using art to send a message of hope for a better world. Especially in the current complex period, she said, it is important to give children a platform to express the values of peace, tolerance, mutual respect and acceptance of others, and teaching those values is the foundation of a kinder, more respectful society.
Source: NetanyaNet, 10 November 2026.
Photo: archive, Ran Eliyahu (via NetanyaNet).
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