I just wish the organisers and participants could have taken a leaf out of the book of a group called the Parents Circle – Families Forum.

A Palestinian man and his Israeli friend are dedicating themselves to a peaceful coexistence in the aftermath of the devastating war in Gaza.

His mother was murdered on Oct. 7. Her infant son died during the Second Intifada. Their goal: to prevent more deaths in Israel and Palestine

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A young Palestinian and a young Israeli who have each lost a family member to violence now speak for a forum that bridges the divide between their peoples – and hopes for a future in which they live together as equals

Colum McCann in conversation with Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, the two bereaved fathers whose friendship across the Israeli-Palestinian divide inspired McCann’s novel Apeirogon