Parents Circle in the Media

March 2023

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Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Meeting Nixed for Third Time Following Right-wing Backlash

The meeting was canceled at the request of the mother of one of the students, and under pressure from right-wing activists. This is the third time…

March 2023

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NPR Interview: 2 parents discuss losing children to gun violence between Israelis and Palestinians

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Robi Damelin and Bassam Aramin, bereaved Israeli and Palestinian members of the Parents Circle, about the current unrest taking place in…

February 2023

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Do the People Silencing Bereaved Parents Know Our Pain?

Members and supporters of the new government, fueled by hatred and fear, seem to have lost all respect for bereaved parents of victims killed in the…

February 2023

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Urgent: Support the PCFF’s Fight for Democracy in Israeli Schools

The Israeli government has recently announced its intention to remove our Dialogue Meeting programs from GEFEN, the Ministry of Education’s External Programs system. This move is…

February 2023

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Fearing Backlash, Israeli City Nixes Reconciliation Meeting for Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli Parents

Kfar Sava Municipality said cancellation is due to ‘recent security escalation,’ but right-wing activist takes credit for decision

January 2023

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Joint Israeli-Palestinian Bereavement NGO Is the Education Ministry’s New Target | Haaretz

“A new condition added by the Education Ministry on Monday for operators of external programs in schools, that requires them not to degrade or shame the…

January 2023

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Breaking News: Government Proposes to Cut Parents Circle in Schools

Israel’s Channel 13 News reported that programs at risk of cancellation in schools include Parents Circle’s long-standing Dialogue Meeting program and the Joint Memorial Day Ceremony. These…

December 2022

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“Palestinian, Israeli speak on personal stories, forgiveness in Ford Talk

UMich hosts Palestinian and Israeli citizens in Ford talk.

December 2022

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UN Security Council Conference

Robi Damelin, bereaved Israeli mother and Parents Circle spokesperson, briefing the UN Security Council during their session on May 26, 2022 on Israel and Palestine.

December 2022

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“Within the Eye of the Storm”

Film about a Palestinian father and Israeli father who join the Parents Circle to grieve their daughters and advocate for peace.

December 2022

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“Sharing Memories”

Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians share their stories with the Parent Circle

December 2022

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“The transformative power of people to people connections” by Mehra Rimer

WATCH: Mehra Rimer, co-founder of our partner B8 Of Hope delivers a powerful TEDx charting her own personal story, and how it is intertwined with those…

December 2022

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How a Group of Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians Made a Trauma Psychologist Hopeful

Esther Takac’s new documentary ‘The Narrow Bridge’ shows how searing pain can prove an unlikely tool for reconciliation. In a conversation with Haaretz, she looks back…

December 2022

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“Apeirogon” by Colum McCann

A true story about a Palestinian father and Israeli father who join the Parents Circle to grieve their daughters and advocate for peace.

November 2022

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School Cancels Meeting With Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Following Right-wing Pressure

After right-wing activists shared posts on social media saying the school was arranging ‘encounters with terrorists,’ Kfar Sava school cancels annual event with bereaved families forum

September 2022

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Parents Circle tours Mississippi Civil Rights Museum | WJTV

Grieving Israelis and Palestinians visit Mississippi to educate Americans about the dangers of the Israel-Palestine conflict and learn about American racial divides of the South.

September 2022

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The transformative power of people to people connections | TEDxGeneva

WATCH: Mehra Rimer, co-founder of our partner B8 Of Hope delivers a powerful TEDx charting her own personal story, and how it is intertwined with those…

August 2022

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Rage, Revenge, and Repair | Solutions Not Sides

Watch this documentary from our friends at Solutions Not Sides with bereaved Palestinian and Israeli brothers and Parent Circle members, Arab and Yigal.

May 2022

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United in grief: the Jewish and Palestinian parents who are pleading for peace | The JC

Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli families have told the JC of their shared determination to work together for peace as fallen soldiers and victims of terror are…

March 2022

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