Dear friends, After two extraordinary weeks traveling across the United States, we are heading home with hearts full of gratitude and renewed hope. Together, as an Israeli and a Palestinian representing the Parents Circle – Families Forum, we met thousands of people who opened their hearts and communities to us, ready to listen, learn, and … Continue reading Walking the Path of Hope With Us
In Search of a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine— With Imagination | The Urban Activist
Dozens of Israeli-Palestinian peace groups have spent decades building dialogue and reconciliation. But which of them can turn grassroots action into real change?
‘We’ve paid the price for war. We haven’t yet reaped the fruits of peace’ | 972 Magazine
One lost a parent, one lost a child, and one was abducted to Gaza. But three years on, these Israelis still believe in a better future with Palestinians.
We have to bring hope to the world’: Israeli and Palestinian peace activists reflect three years since Oct. 7 | CNN
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Israeli peace activist Robi Damelin and Palestinian peace activist Bassam Aramin about grief, reconciliation and the path to peace three years after October 7th.
My Mother Was a Peace Activist Killed on October 7. Don’t Use Her Name to Justify Mass Killing | Haaretz
Like the cycle of the seasons that surprise me anew each time, October 7 also seems to sneak up on me in a personal way every year, almost as it sneaked up on all of us three years ago.
Europe’s role in building the architecture for peace | Rapporteur
Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding has grown since October 7. EU leaders under an Irish presidency should give civil society a permanent place in diplomacy
Before You Embark on a Journey of Revenge, Dig Two Graves | The Times of Israel
The government’s politics of vengeance and dehumanization will not bring my son-in-law back from the dead. It will only create another generation of hatred
Two Mothers, Two Tragedies, a Shared Choice to Reject Hatred | Haaretz
Hamas killed Liat Atzili’s husband on October 7 and took her hostage. An Israeli settler shot and killed Hanady Hathaleen’s husband in the West Bank. Both women have chosen not to answer grief with hatred.
Olives: Past, Present, and Future | UK Jewish News
Magen Inon, whose parents Bilha and Yakov were murdered in their home in Netiv Haasara on 7 October, reflects on the olive trees they planted – and on what a basic human right can look like
The Parents Circle is back in schools for Dialogue Meetings!
After years of appeals, the court ruled that the Parents Circle could return to Israeli schools. The first Dialogue Meetings have already reached 300 students.
