Parents Circle in the Media

May 2024

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Amid War, We Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians Are Mourning Together | Haaret

Since Israelis’ lives were engulfed in horror on October 7, a catastrophe that has yet to end for Palestinians in Gaza, we bereaved families from both…

May 2024

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Working towards a solution: Israeli and Palestinian parents mourn together | Jerusalem Post

We are dedicating the ceremony to children in war. Their only crime is being Palestinian or Israeli.

May 2024

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Families of hostages in Gaza: “The Israeli government is making us internal enemies” | La Croix

While a ceasefire agreement is once again on hold, dividing Israeli society, some families of hostages say they are victims of intimidation by a government prioritizing…

April 2024

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Court Orders Israeli–Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum Back in to Schools | Haaretz

Jerusalem District Court judge Avraham Rubin criticized the education ministry for banning the Parents Circle – Families Forum from operating in Israeli schools, despite not conducting…

April 2024

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‘Free this man if it will bring back a hostage’ -Robi Damelin | Times Radio

“The whole world has to come and force Israel and Palestine to come to the table to talk, because we cannot go on killing each other.”…

April 2024

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Netanyahu’s Regime is based on censorship | UnHerd

In the city of Haifa, in northwest Israel, the sounds of Arabic, Hebrew and Russian chatter fill the streets. In the Arab-Christian neighbourhood of Wadi Nisnas…

March 2024

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The story of Aramin and Elhanan: “I am Palestinian, he is Israeli, we have both lost our daughters. The only path is the end of the occupation” | Breaking Latest News

Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan — they are two fathers, Palestinian and Israeli respectively, who at different times lost a daughter, still a child

March 2024

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One is Palestinian, the other Israeli: Sorrow made them friends | Aleteia

An interview with two fathers, a Palestinian and an Israeli, who both lost daughters in the conflict in the Holy Land, were able to meet the…

March 2024

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Facing Easter amid war, Pope urges Holy Land Catholics not to lose hope | Crux

Pope Francis meets with friends Bassam Aramin, who is Palestinian, and Rami Elhanan, who is Israeli, at the Vatican prior to his general audience on March…

March 2024

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Rami and Bassam: Pope Francis shared our pain | Vatican News

Two bereaved fathers, one an Israeli Jew and one a Palestinian Muslim, speak to Vatican News about their meeting with Pope Francis, who thanked them for…

March 2024

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Pope embraces bereaved Palestinian and Israeli fathers who found friendship amid war | Vatican News

Pope Francis shares an embrace with an Israeli and a Palestinian, each of whom lost a daughter, saying the two men “look beyond the enmity of…

March 2024

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Pope remembers Holy Land Catholics, meets fathers bereaved by war | France 24

Pope Francis offered his solidarity Wednesday to Catholics in Israel and the Palestinian territories ahead of Easter, after meeting Jewish and Muslim bereaved fathers campaigning for…

March 2024

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Pope hosts Israeli, Palestinian fathers who both lost daughters in conflict | Times of Israel

Amid recent health concerns, pontiff praises Bassam Aramin, Rami Elhanan for the ‘friendship of two men who care about each other’ and seek peace instead of…

March 2024

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United in grief Israelis and Palestinians find power in empathy | Financial Review

During one of these visits in 2017, a colleague invited Takac to go to the joint Israeli Palestinian memorial ceremony, which is held around the end…

March 2024

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

March 2024

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Seeking peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict | WJCT

Today, we speak with families who are striving for peace and reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Despite facing personal hardships, they hold onto hope for positive…

March 2024

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His Book Angered Many. But Colum McCann Still Has Hope for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Haaretz

Colum McCann’s novel ‘Apeirogon,’ about the extraordinary friendship between bereaved Israeli and Palestinian fathers, is now out in Hebrew. The author isn’t sure if this is…

March 2024

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Israeli-Palestinian Group Sees Reconciliation as Way Forward | VOA

As negotiators discuss a possible cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, the Parents Circle Family Forum, a nonprofit organization made of Israelis and Palestinians who have lost…

February 2024

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‘No One Should Live Like This’: Students Hear From Israeli, Palestinian Parents | UVA Today

About two dozen students, faculty and staff gather in Newcomb Hall Tuesday to hear from a Palestinian father and an Israeli mother who have both lost…

February 2024

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Listening and Learning | Brene Brown

Parents Circle-Families Forum, Taghyeer, and Standing Together are explicitly working to create the political will to end the occupation and create a way for the Palestinians…