The Fiorino d’Oro (Golden Florin) of Florence, the Tuscan capital’s highest civic recognition, was awarded Tuesday to Bushra Awad and Robi Damelin, two women, one Palestinian and the other Israeli, united by the most heartbreaking of losses: a son killed by the violence of the conflict.

It would be understandable for anybody watching the news from Israel and Gaza and the West Bank, to perhaps think that Israelis and the Palestinians are deadly enemies who all hate each other. This is of course simply not true.

“There are no victors in this war,” HaLev says near the end of the movie. “We have all already lost.”

Hamas held Liat Beinin Atzili hostage for 54 days and killed her husband. In her grief, she explains why all she wants is peace for Israelis and Palestinians.

Vivian Silver’s sons speak out about the past 611 days | Canadian Jewish News Chen and Yonatan Zeigen recently visited Toronto for a celebration of their mother Vivian Silver’s life and mission.

Yonatan Zeigen, who lost his mother Vivian Silver in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack in southern Israel, says his goal in life is to decrease the overall pain and suffering in the region – not to avenge the murder of his mother.

At midday on April 29, the eve of Memorial Day, a message inviting the masses to take part in an urgent demonstration was disseminated via social media, under the heading: “We won’t allow the supporters of terrorism to meet in Ra’anana.”

Yonatan Zeigen’s mother was an Israeli Canadian peace activist, Vivian Silver. She was murdered at her home on the 7th of October 2023. That incident woke Yonatan from what he calls a political coma.

Dozens of Jewish philanthropists from around the world have written to Israel’s Foreign Minister protesting legislation designed to limit international funding of human rights organisations.