Parents Circle in the Media

October 2023

Press

NewsHour: Biden “Israel will let aid into Gaza” | BBC

We hear from two parents who have lost children in the long Israel / Palestine conflict – one Israeli, one Palestinian – from a group which…

October 2023

Holding Onto Humanity

Parent’s group working toward peace amid Israeli-Hamas war | Spectrum News 1

The savage images coming out of the Israel-Hamas war have traumatized the world, especially with the slaughtering of innocent infants and children. With rage and heartbreak…

October 2023

Holding Onto Humanity

The parents united by grief: Israeli mother who lost a son, 28, to a sniper in 2002 and Palestinian father whose daughter, ten, was killed in 2007 warn ‘no-one will win’ in latest bloodshed | Daily Mail

The parents, though from opposing sides, have spoken regularly at events together to ‘raise up our voice to stop this madness’. They say they now consider…

October 2023

Press

Thought for the day | BBC

Meanwhile in Sderot, in Ashkelon, in Gaza, children are being killed. While people argue about the equivalencies between Israelis and Palestinians, the blood of their children…

October 2023

Press

Israeli peace activist: “My friend is a hostage of Hamas” | Dagens ETC

Just over 20 years ago, Robi Damelin’s son was murdered by a Palestinian sniper. Since then, she has dedicated her life to creating peace and reconciliation…

October 2023

Press

How should we think about our enemies? | BBC Moral Maze

Perhaps the most radical statement in all of human history is “love your enemies”. Those who are pessimistic about peace in the Middle East might dismiss…

October 2023

Press

Israel-Gaza conflict: Bereaved parents across the divide | BBC Women’s Hour

After the Hamas attacks at the weekend and Israel’s order of a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip in response, we talk to two people from…

September 2023

Press

Bereaved Israeli-Palestinian Families Challenge Ban on Classroom Activity | Haaretz

Israel’s Education Ministry barred the Parents Circle from meeting with students following complaints by right-wing organizations

August 2023

Expelled

Education minister cautions Tel Aviv headmaster over calls to evade IDF service | Jewish News Syndicate

Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch on Thursday vowed to “deal with” Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium headmaster Ze’ev Degani if the historic Tel Aviv high school continues to…

August 2023

Expelled

Israel’s education system is blocking progressive messages | Plus 61J Media

The Education Minister has banned bereaved Israelis and Palestinians from speaking to schoolchildren. Other liberal programs could face the same fate.

August 2023

Press

A flicker of hope in a growingly dark situation in Israel and Palestine | The Times of Israel blog

On Monday night this week, I attended – with two of my daughters—a remarkably poignant event which was co-sponsored by about 10 social justice and peace…

August 2023

Expelled

Israeli–Palestinian bereaved families Forum banned from schools | Plus 61J Media

Facing court and civil challenges to judicial overhaul, Israel’s government attacks peace education. The Parents Circle – Families Forum, a nonprofit organisation with both Palestinian and…

August 2023

Expelled

From the First Grade to the Grave, Israelis Are Taught to Dehumanize Palestinians | Haaretz

The Israeli Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace, a grassroots organization promoting reconciliation, has been experiencing in recent years what Breaking the Silence went through before: a…

August 2023

Expelled

Dozens of School Principals Protest Ban of Israeli–Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum | Haaretz

More than 90 school principals from around Israel have signed a letter published on Wednesday supporting school programming by the Parents Circle – Families Forum, which…

August 2023

Expelled

Education Ministry bans Israeli-Palestinian parents group from schools | The Jerusalem Post

The ban was following a rule change by Education Minister Yoav Kisch that prohibits educational programming that slanders the IDF or soldiers.

August 2023

Expelled

War on Coexistence: Why Kisch Banned Israeli-Palestinian Bereavement Support Groups | The Palestine Chronicle

The Israeli Education Ministry yesterday banned the grassroots organization, Parents Circle-Families Forum (PCFF), which comprises bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families, from arranging activities at schools.

August 2023

Expelled

Education Ministry Bans Israeli–Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum From Schools | Haaretz

The Parents Circle – a nonprofit organization with both Palestinian and Israeli bereaved families – will no longer be allowed to operate activities in Israeli schools.…

August 2023

Expelled

Education Ministry bars Israeli-Palestinian bereavement group from schools | The Times of Israel

Decision comes after government finds Parents Circle violates rules against disgracing IDF; group responds: ‘In a dictatorship, the education minister decides what is forbidden’

August 2023

Expelled

Israeli Schools Say ‘Yes to Violence’ and ‘No to Peace’ | Haaretz Editorial

Since its inception, the horrific government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu and personified by Itamar Ben-Gvir has been providing continuous proof of its destructiveness. It’s hard to…

June 2023

Press

‘I will blow it up’

Coalition Knesset members threatened on Monday to act against a youth village for renting its venue to host our annual summer camp for youth. Initially, the…