As a child, Arab Aramin threw stones at Israeli soldiers. As a teenager, Guy Elhanan prepared to take up arms in the Israeli military. On Tuesday, Feb. 11, they stood together at DePaul, not as enemies, but as “brothers.”
Listening from the heart: A visit from the Parents Circle – Families Forum | DePaul University
Arab Aramin and Guy Elhanan of the Parents Circle Families Forum shared their powerful journeys from tragic loss to a commitment to reconciliation with DePaul community members last Tuesday night at St. Vincent de Paul Church.
As the Gaza ceasefire just about holds, the West Bank burns | Prospect
In the UK, at the Foreign Affairs Committee’s recently launched inquiry into the Israel-Palestine conflict, Bassem Aramin told MPs what daily life in the West Bank has been like since the operation started.
Bassam Aramin: Don’t play games with Palestinian lives, Mr Trump – we will never give up Gaza | Irish Independent
Gaza looks like casinos and condos to the US president but it belongs to the people who live there, and have lived there for centuries
Trump aid freeze shuts down peacebuilding | Jewish Independent
Peacebuilding organisations in Israel and the Palestinian territories have been forced to stop work after the US shut down foreign aid.
Joint Palestinian-Israeli organization visits DePaul to promote dialogue, reconciliation | DePaul University
Hear from bereaved family members who’ve lost loved ones in the conflict at event on Feb. 11
Colum McCann: There is much more to come in Israel-Hamas war, but we might just be at the beginning of the end | Irish Independent
Wars end. We tend to forget this. Inevitably, they must end. As sure as war, is the end of war. History teaches this in innumerable ways.
MPs to hear from grassroot organisations on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict | UK Parliament
The Foreign Affairs Committee continues its inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, hearing from grassroot organisations working in Israel and Palestine on Monday 27 January, at 2pm.
Adel Misk: the West Bank is the ‘new front’ of Netanyahu’s war in Gaza | Asia News
The Israeli military launched an operation in Jenin, dubbed Iron Wall, resulting in a dozen deaths with 35 wounded. For a Palestinian activist, Israel is imposing “total closure” on the West Bank to settle the score.
A better future for all between the river and the sea’ | Al Jazeera
Maoz Inon’s parents were killed in Hamas’s October 7 attack. With a ceasefire now in effect, he says Israelis and Palestinians need to chart a new course for ‘a better future for all between the river and the sea’.
