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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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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?
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May 2024
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‘We all share the same pain’: can the Israeli-Palestinian peace movement rebuild after 7 October? | The Guardian
As the conflict in Gaza continues, reconciliation may seem a distant dream, but on both sides there are those working for peace
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May 2024
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Putting together the peaces | Sydney Morning Herald
The common stage for the re-telling of their stories is the 19th annual joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony. The ceremony consists of story-telling and singing in Hebrew…
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May 2024
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Israelis and Palestinians held a joint memorial for all victims of the ongoing war | NPR
The 19th annual joint Memorial Day ceremony, presented Sunday at the start of Israel’s national day of honoring fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of attacks, offered…
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May 2024
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Fearing Contempt of Court, Israel’s Education Ministry Allows Israeli–Palestinian Bereaved Families Group to Return to Schools | Haaretz
Last month, the Jerusalem District Court ordered the Israeli government to allow the ‘Parents Circle – Families Forum’ to continue holding meetings between students and Israeli…
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May 2024
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Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians unite for emotional Memorial Day ceremony | The Jewish Chronicle
Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians have come together to hold a joint Memorial Day ceremony and call for a “different future” for those in the region.
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May 2024
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Pain and hope in the Holy Land; 19th joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day | Northeast Bylines
A memorial event that was a narrow glimpse through a window that needs to be opened, to a different reality for the people of both Israel…
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May 2024
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This Memorial Day Ceremony Made Space for Israeli and Palestinian Pain | Kveller
In a day of great pain, and for many more than ever before, of personal grief, hundreds of Israelis, Jews and Palestinians, and others touched by…
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May 2024
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Israelis, Palestinians hold joint online memorial: ‘Help our wounded humanity heal’ | The Times of Israel
Amid war and lack of entry permits for Palestinians, controversial annual event is pre-recorded and livestreamed; Gazan who lost 60 relatives says all wanted to ‘live…
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May 2024
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Activists Hold a Ceremony Reflecting on Both Israeli and Palestinian Losses | New York Times
“Many people have woken up to the reality that this conflict cannot go on,” said a director of one Israeli peace-building group, referring to the decades…
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May 2024
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Path for peace: Parents Circle event hears from bereaved Israeli and Palestinian | Jewish News
Immediately following the Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Israel two men who have recently lost family members to violence speak of the need for reconciliation rather than…
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May 2024
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Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians call for ‘different future’ in joint memorial ceremony | The National
Relatives of Israeli and Palestinian civilians killed since October 7 speak as rights groups call for an end to violence
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May 2024
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Michal Lost Her Son on Oct. 7, Najlaa Buried Her Brother in Gaza. Together, They Seek a Different Future | Haaretz
A number of bereaved Israelis and Palestinians have chosen to join the Parents Circle – Families Forum since October 7. Six of them tell Haaretz about…
