After right-wing activists shared posts on social media saying the school was arranging ‘encounters with terrorists,’ Kfar Sava school cancels annual event with bereaved families forum
Webinar – Our Tears Are the Same Color
Our Tears Are the Same Color Dialogue Meeting with Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli Peacemakers December 1, 2022 https://youtu.be/STA_Is-_dds American Friends of the Parents Circle invites you to a Dialogue Meeting with bereaved Palestinian and Israeli daughters, Ikhlas Ishtaya and Meytal Ofer. Dialogue Meetings like this one are under threat from the new right-wing government taking … Continue reading Webinar – Our Tears Are the Same Color
How the elections results will impact our work
by Yuval Rahamim Bereaved member and Israeli co-Director Parents Circle – Families Forum November 2, 2022 Tuesday’s elections may change the game for the Parents Circle. The results are not yet final, but it looks like a clear advantage to the right. The next Israeli government will have a strong, radical, religious and hateful axis. … Continue reading How the elections results will impact our work
A Palestinian Peacemaker on the Israeli Elections
by Osama Abuayyash Bereaved member and Palestinian co-Director Parents Circle – Families Forum October 28, 2022 For the first time in years, a government was formed in Israel that was made up of parties whose slogans were to reach a political settlement with the Palestinians, stop the construction and settlement of settlements, and fight against … Continue reading A Palestinian Peacemaker on the Israeli Elections
2022 Olive Harvest in at-Tuwani
On Saturday, October 22, Israeli and Palestinian members of the Parents Circle participated in a solidarity event in the village of at-Tuwani to pick olives, as we did in 2021. This event is central to the south and will be held with the participation of the Governor of Hebron, the Committee to Resist the Wall … Continue reading 2022 Olive Harvest in at-Tuwani
20 Years of Youth Peace Education
It’s not often that we celebrate. We are far too often focused on death, bereavement and violence. But today, we are celebrating 20 years of youth peace education. It was 20 years ago we held our first Summer Program for youth. For 20 years we have held Dialogue Meetings with Palestinian and Israeli youth in … Continue reading 20 Years of Youth Peace Education
Quiz: Parents Circle Goes to College
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What I learned about the conflict on a southern plantation
by Yuval Rahamim Bereaved member and Israeli Co-Director Parents Circle – Families Forum September 17, 2022 When I was invited to join the trip to the U.S. South to explore the history of slavery, civil rights and racial justice, I was reluctant. After all, my concern is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and not a remote story of … Continue reading What I learned about the conflict on a southern plantation
Parents Circle tours Mississippi Civil Rights Museum | WJTV
Grieving Israelis and Palestinians visit Mississippi to educate Americans about the dangers of the Israel-Palestine conflict and learn about American racial divides of the South.
I never thought my first trip to the U.S. would look like this
by Laila AlsheikhBereaved Palestinian motherParents Circle – Families Forum September 13, 2022 I’ve been dreaming of visiting the U.S. ever since I can remember. I never expected that my first trip would be to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on a reconciliation learning journey. I’ve packed my comfortable walking shoes, my umbrella and my appetite for … Continue reading I never thought my first trip to the U.S. would look like this
