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Parents Circle in the Media
Two decades of reporting on bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families who chose reconciliation — newest first.
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September 2024
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Georgetown Partners on New Dialogue Program to Address Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Georgetown University
Georgetown has partnered with an organization of bereaved Israelis and Palestinian families to produce a program that fosters meaningful dialogue about the human side of the…
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September 2024
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Two bereaved mothers who know price of war work for peace | Harvard Gazette
Two bereaved mothers who know price of war work for peace | Harvard Gazette Layla Alsheikh, Robi Damelin argue path to Mideast reconciliation begins with acknowledging…
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September 2024
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NYU in Dialogue’s ‘Shared Grief, Shared Hope’ panel was heartbreakingly healing | Washington Square News
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, NYU in Dialogue hosted “Shared Grief, Shared Hope: Holding Onto Humanity” in collaboration with the Parents Circle Families Forum
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September 2024
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Toward Reconciliation | Harvard Magazine
Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli mothers visit Harvard.
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September 2024
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Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians call for peace | Rivertowns Dispatch
Words of peace echoed throughout the Hastings High School auditorium on Sept. 16, as bereaved Palestinians and Israelis discussed their paths toward reconciliation.
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September 2024
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Israeli-born teacher tells Lib Dem conference war will not solve Palestinian conflict | Jewish News
Magen Inon lost both his parents Bilha and Yakov in the Oct 7th massacre, and was given a standing ovation after speaking at the conference in…
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September 2024
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Peace camp aims to keep Israeli and Palestinian teens talking | Irish Times
‘It’s really difficult to talk to your occupier, or your enemy, or your jailer’, says a Palestinian member of the Parents Circle-Families Forum; ‘I am here…
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September 2024
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Holding Onto Humanity: Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians for Peace | The Patch
Join us to hear from a group of individuals profoundly affected by the conflict as they share their stories of loss and their unwavering belief in…
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September 2024
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Uniting Through Tragedy | L’Osservatore Romano
The photos of Abir and Smadar are projected on the stage at the Rimini Meeting. These two young girls resemble each other in the freshness of…
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September 2024
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Israeli Education Ministry Bans Schools From Hosting Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum | Haaretz
In defiance of a Jerusalem District Court order, Israel’s Education Ministry has frozen a ‘Dialogue Encounters’ program run by an organization that brings together bereaved Palestinian…
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September 2024
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True forgiveness >>> Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan in conversation at the Goetheanum | Goetheanum
Two daughters die in the Middle East conflict. Their fathers Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan are examples of how to find a future perspective. They speak…
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August 2024
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Israelis and Palestinians: ‘Future depends on respect for each other’ | Vatican News
As the Rimini Meeting draws to a close, Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, and Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian, share their stories of losing their daughters in the…
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August 2024
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Rimini meeting: the story of the Palestinian Bassam Aramin and the Israeli Rami Elhanan for a possible peace | Nova News
The Irish author Colum McCann participated in the meeting together with the protagonists of his book “Apeirogon”
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August 2024
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Education is the great liberator: the Bristol activists forging links with teachers in Palestine | Bristol Cable
Yasmeen Eshtaya is a Palestinian teacher whose life has been deeply affected by the brutal violence of the Israeli state. But she is committed to reconciliation…
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August 2024
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‘They told us we are going to host children of terrorists’ | CyprusMail
Despite opposition, a group of Palestinian and Israeli teens have recently come together in Cyprus on a mission for peace and reconciliation.
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July 2024
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AFT partners with Parents Circle to launch ‘Listening from the Heart’ | American Federation of Teachers
The AFT has partnered with Parents Circle to launch the program, which will be available for free to all public school educators.
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June 2024
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When it comes to Israel-Palestine, true naivety is believing in endless war | Al Jazeera
It is not naive to know that the only route to justice and equality is peace.
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June 2024
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‘We Had to Meet.’ How Two Israeli-Palestinian Peace Groups Are Grieving Together | Time
Eetta Prince-Gibson explores how Combatants for Peace and the Parents’ Circle are mourning for Israelis and Palestinians amid the war.
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June 2024
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Israel and Hamas. Yuval and Bassam (Parents’ Circle) in Rondine: “Peace, not vengeance” | SIR
More than 4,000 young people and families have joined the March for Peace, 1,500 people participated in the three-day event, 400 attended panels and workshops, and…
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May 2024
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The Best of Israel and Palestine | The Times of Israel
Sunday May 12 from Jerusalem a sliver of hope streamed through the world from the U.S.to Australia even Afghanistan–who knew there were Jews there?
