We are livid! In case you missed it, the Trump administration’s economic plan for peace uses photos of our bereaved members in its online publication. Those photos were part of our project in partnership with USAID for 10 years. The project promoted dialogue and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. Then USAID funds were cut. The program could no longer … Continue reading We won’t be pawns in Kushner’s plan
We Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian Parents Will Not Be Pawns in Kushner’s Peace Plan
The White House cut our funding — but now they use our photos to promote their ‘Economy First’ plan for Mideast peace by Robi Damelin Bereaved mother and Israeli spokesperson, the Parents Circle Families Forum Published on Haaretz.com June 23, 2019 7:39 PM Two people lost their precious children in a conflict that should have … Continue reading We Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian Parents Will Not Be Pawns in Kushner’s Peace Plan
Purchase Two Sided Story (private viewing)
Purchase Two Sided Story for Private Viewing About the film In the film, Emmy award director, Tor Ben Mayor follows a group of 27 Palestinians and Israelis who meet under the frame of a unique project called “History through the Human Eye” led by Parents Circle-Families Forum – bereaved Palestinian and Israelis for Peace and … Continue reading Purchase Two Sided Story (private viewing)
Screen Two Sided Story
Host a Public Screening of Two Sided Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzJkBxQC4Tg Hosting a public screening of the documentary Two Sided Story is a great way to spread the message of peace and reconciliation with your congregation, campus group, or elsewhere. To obtain public* screening rights for the film and the link to the online stream** of the movie, … Continue reading Screen Two Sided Story
This Bill will give you hope
American Friends of the Parents Circle is pleased to endorse the bipartisan introduction of The Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019. If enacted, it will improve economic cooperation with Palestinians and people-to-people dialogue. It will help build reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. Parents Circle members Robi Damelin (left; bereaved Israeli mother) and Mazen Faraj (right; bereaved Palestinian son) speaking before US Congress earlier this year The Bill … Continue reading This Bill will give you hope