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

by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum November 5, 2021 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 to meet each other at the Dead Sea. At the lowest place on earth, those who have … Continue reading Sharing hardship and solidarity on the Dead Sea – Members Picnic

by Mohammad al-BawPalestinian Community Relations ManagerParents Circle – Families Forum Today, Israeli and Palestinian alumni of the Parents Circle’s Parallel Narrative Program visited the West Bank village of Wadi Fukin, near Bethlehem. They heard from residents about daily life in the village and about the problems they face from settlers. The village is surrounded by … Continue reading Visit to Wadi Fukin

In October 2021 and 2022,  we visited at-Tuwani in the south Hebron Hills to pick olives. Forty of us from the Parents Circle – Families Forum, Palestinians and Israelis, came together from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and from the West Bank, Bethlehem and Halhoul, with Abed the minibus driver from Jaffa, carefully making his way … Continue reading Olive Harvest in At-Tuwani

Following last week’s solidarity visit by bereaved members of to Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley, this past weekend PCFF members distributed aid materials to the villagers, with the help of the “Sabaya al-Khair” organization. The goal of these visits is to stand in solidarity with the villagers, who continue to face violence and destruction … Continue reading Supply Truck to Tubas

by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum Last Friday, Parents Circle – Families Forum staff organized a learning day for 30 Israeli and Palestinian facilitators of the Forum’s Dialogue Meeting program in schools. The Palestinians travelled hours from across the West Bank to get to the meeting at our Tel Aviv office, … Continue reading The challenges of bringing reconciliation to schools

This past weekend bereaved Israeli and Palestinian members of the Parents Circle visited the Palestinian village near Tubas — a Bedouin village that continues to suffer from damage and destruction at the hands of Israeli settlers.   While there, we heard from Mahdi Qadri, the head of the local Bedouin council, and residents of the village … Continue reading In response to settler violence

by Osama Abu AyyashPalestinian Co-DirectorParents Circle – Families Forum To be honest, the recent settler violence against Palestinians and their villages in the West Bank has me scared. I’m worried about the escalation in violence. I’m worried about the state of terrorization and fear we Palestinians are living under day in and day out. I’m … Continue reading To be honest, I’m scared

by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum PCFF co-Directors, Osama Abu Ayyash and Yuval Rahamim, were joined by others from the Forum to extend their condolences to the Al-Alami family at the loss of their 12 year old son, Mohammed Al-Alami, at the family’s home in Beit Umar in the West Bank. … Continue reading Horror and Hope in Beit Ummar