In the media — March 21, 2024

Healing must start with the kids: “what kind of adults are they going to become?”

Originally published in World Council of Churches

As director of International Relations for The Parents Circle-Families Forum, which has offices in Beit Jala on the West Bank and in Israel, Damelin has traveled to the US twice, as well as London and Italy, since the war in Gaza began.

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