Seated on the stage were Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, along with acclaimed Irish novelist Colum McCann

Israeli activist Rami Elhanan and Palestinian activist Bassam Aramin have both experienced the devastating loss of their daughters in the Israel/Palestine conflict. Today, they work together to advocate for peace rather than retribution and have spent the week touring Ireland to give this message.

McCann is in Limerick this evening as the host of the Apeirogon: Until We Talk Tour at the Lime Tree Theatre. The event features a conversation between two bereaved fathers whose extraordinary friendship across the Israeli-Palestinian divide inspired McCann’s celebrated novel.

Today in Focus producer Natalie Ktena heads to a peace camp in Cyprus that aims to bring together children from Israel and the West Bank

Yonatan Zeigen calls for breaking the mould of a country at war where time has stood still since the tragedy of 7 October. The time has come to think about the present and the future, beyond Trump’s peace deal, and imagine a “different vision” based on “equality” between the two peoples.

Andrew Marr is joined by former Israeli reserve soldier and Parents Circle–Families Forum member Rami Elhanan to discuss the Gaza ceasefire. Mr Elhanan’s daughter was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in 1997.

Dozens of Israeli peace activists, both Jews and Arabs, representing organizations including Peace Now, Women Wage Peace, the Parents Circle – Families Forum, and others, met this afternoon with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.

After months of protests, political chaos and a brutal military campaign in Gaza, hostages kidnapped by Hamas in 2023 still remain in captivity. Their devastated families tell Alex Croft of their pain – and their unwavering hope that a peace deal can finally bring them home

Vivian Silver kept the courage of her convictions right until her death. The Israeli peace activist was at her home in Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas fighters swept through after crossing the border from nearby Gaza.