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Recording now available
The 15th Annual Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony
Monday, April 27th
On this day, Israelis and Palestinians grieve together for the losses that all families have suffered. By acknowledging the pain of those living on the other side, we resolve to choose a new path of peace, justice, security, and dignity for all.
After the Ceremony:
Living Room Conversations by Zoom
Following the Ceremony, we offered something that has never been done before – invited attendees to gatherings hosted by bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families in their homes.
Ten bereaved families opened their homes and invited anyone who wants to join a Zoom conversation with them in their private living rooms.
In these meetings, bereaved members shared their stories of loss and the path they have chosen to take – a path of reconciliation rather than revenge.
The conversations were held in Hebrew, Arabic and English, with translations when necessary.
The talks were held in the homes of the following families:
- Anat Marinin and Ahmed Aljaafri – Bereaved, Israeli, sister, Anat lost her two brothers, Pinchas (Pinka) and Yair, during the Yom Kippur War. She will hold a conversation with bereaved, Palestinian, Ahmed Aljaafri, who lost his two uncles (Hebrew, English subtitles).
- Jamil Kassas – Bereaved, Palestinian who lost his brother in the Deheishe refugee camp (Hebrew, Hebrew subtitles for the hearing impaired).
- Ben Kfir – Bereaved, Israeli father, who lost his daughter, Yael, in an attack at the Israeli military camp Tzrifin (Hebrew, English subtitles).
- Ayelet Harel – Bereaved, Israeli, sister lost her brother, Yuval, in the Lebanon War (Hebrew with Arabic subtitles).
- George Saada – Bereaved, Palestinian, father lost his daughter Christina, who was shot by the Israeli army (Arabic with English subtitles)
- Layla Alsheikh – Bereaved, Palestinian, mother who lost her baby son after being detained at a checkpoint (Arabic with Hebrew subtitles).
- Gili Meisler – Bereaved, Israeli, who lost his brother, Giora, in the 1973 Yom Kippur War (English, no subtitles).
- Aziz Abu Sara – Bereaved, Palestinian, who lost his brother Taiseer, who was beaten by the Israeli army (English, with English subtitles for the hearing impaired).
- Robi Damelin – Bereaved, Israeli, mother, who lost her son, David, killed by a Palestinian sniper (English, without subtitles).
- Rami Elhanan – Bereaved, Israeli father, who lost his daughter, Smadar, in an attack in Jerusalem (English).