Amid conflict, regardless of the root of that conflict, respect and dialogue are fundamental steps toward a peaceful future.

Layla Alsheikh is a Writer and Activist, and member of The PCFF. Robi Damelin is the Spokesperson & International Relations Manager of The PCFF.

We, who all lost loved ones in Hamas’ vicious assault, know the feelings of anger and pain that could push individuals towards acts of revenge.

The Heat: Middle East Conflict CGTN Layla Alsheikh is a Writer and Activist, and member of The PCFF. Robi Damelin is the Spokesperson & International Relations Manager of The PCFF.

Meet two peacemakers who will not let their voices be drowned out by the Oct.7 massacre or the death and destruction of the Israel-Gaza War.

Robi Damelin and Layla Alsheikh, who each lost a son in the decades’ long conflict, are involved with Parents Circle, a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization made up of more than 700 bereaved families.

It is natural during war for opposing forces to hate each other whether they are combatants or not. But there are always exceptions – people who realize that war and its accompanying traumas seldom offer positive solutions

In the face of deep-seated conflict, particularly one as longstanding and bitter as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, many would assume that reconciliation is a distant hope, if not entirely impossible. But there exists a beacon of hope in the form of the Parents Circle.