by Yoav Peck Director of Community Relations Parents Circle – Families Forum March 5, 2022 Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli members pay a visit to the family of Iyad al-Hallaq, a 32-year old Palestinian with autism who was killed on May 30, 2020 “If he were to live again, we would kill him again.” This was … Continue reading Sorrow and Rage
Webinar – Parents Circle Under Attack: Right-wing threats to school peace program
Parents Circle Under Attack Right-wing threats to school peace program Recording available below Monday, February 28th 12:30 PM EST (19:30 Jerusalem, 17:30 London) The Parents Circle is one of the few joint Israeli-Palestinian organizations that the Israeli Ministry of Education allows to speak to Israeli high school students under its flagship Dialogue Meetings project. Over … Continue reading Webinar – Parents Circle Under Attack: Right-wing threats to school peace program
Jerusalem High School Students Speak Out After Attack against Parents Circle program
Israeli right-wing demonstrators protesting against a Parents Circle Dialogue Meeting at a Jerusalem public high school on Sunday, January 23rd with signs reading “Death to Terrorists” (photo credit: Leah Solomon) Earlier this week, our Dialogue Meeting program came under attack. Right-wing activists, led by Israeli Member of Knesset Ben-Gvir, protested outside of a Jerusalem public high … Continue reading Jerusalem High School Students Speak Out After Attack against Parents Circle program
Parents Circle Under Attack
Yesterday right-wing activists, led by MK Ben-Gvir, demonstrated outside an Israeli public school in Jerusalem where bereaved Palestinian and Israeli members came to speak to the students about their loss and their choice for peace through our Dialogue Meetings program. https://youtu.be/Zid00938Yng Protestors demonstrating against Parents Circle bereaved members, January 23, 2022 The school’s administration, the … Continue reading Parents Circle Under Attack
A Valued New Year
by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum December 31, 2021 Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli members at the 2019 PCFF Members’ Conference 50 years ago this evening, was my first New Year in Israel. Like many other long-haired wanderers from the California ’60’s, I volunteered on a kibbutz, shouldering 70 lb. bunches of … Continue reading A Valued New Year
The Struggle in Sheikh Jarrah
by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum December 25, 2021 Learn more about our campaign to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities affected by settler violence On Christmas Day, 50 activists from the Parents Circle – Families Forum travelled to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem to demonstrate solidarity with the … Continue reading The Struggle in Sheikh Jarrah
68 Children Illustration Exhibit
A virtual illustrated exhibit and webinar in memory of the children lost in Gaza and Israel. During the military operation Guardian of the Walls/The War on Jerusalem, a group of Israeli illustrators joined together to create illustrations commemorating the children of Gaza and Israel who lost their lives. These illustrations express solidarity and call for compassion … Continue reading 68 Children Illustration Exhibit
The 68 Children Art Exhibition
by Robi DamelinBereaved Israeli mother and International SpokespersonParents Circle – Families Forum View the online 68 Children gallery and register for our upcoming webinar with illustrators and bereaved mothers The Palestinian and Israeli bereaved members of The Parents Circle have experienced a truth in the depths of the hole in the heart which never heals. An … Continue reading The 68 Children Art Exhibition
Picture this scenario
by Osama Abu Ayyash and Yuval RahamimCo-DirectorsParents Circle – Families Forum November 6, 2021 Learn more about our campaign to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities affected by settler violence Picture this scenario. More than a hundred enemies, who have every right to want to kill each other, enjoying a picnic together. Sounds unimaginable, right? … Continue reading Picture this scenario
Sharing hardship and solidarity on the Dead Sea – Members Picnic
by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum November 5, 2021 Learn more about our campaign to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities affected by settler violence After two years of separation and Zooming, today 225 Palestinian and Israeli Parents Circle members and their families came from across the West Bank and Israel … Continue reading Sharing hardship and solidarity on the Dead Sea – Members Picnic