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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 2025
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“Brescia for Peace” Prize Awarded to Israeli-Palestinian Association The Parents Circle | QuiBrescia
The Parents Circle, an Israeli-Palestinian organization, wins the “Brescia for Peace” award for turning grief into dialogue. Award ceremony in November.
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September 2025
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Israeli Peace Activist: My Mother Was Killed on October 7. Here’s Why I Support Palestinian Statehood. | Democracy Now
Following the U.K., Australia, Canada and Portugal’s formal recognition of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state, Democracy Now! speaks with Israeli peace activist Yonatan Zeigen…
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September 2025
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Israelis Call for Recognition of a Palestinian State | The Herald Malaysia
A petition launched by the activist group Zazim brings together Jewish and Arab citizens. The goal is to reach 10,000 signatures by 22 September, when the…
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September 2025
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Peace in Partnership: Standing Together call for peace in Israel and Palestine | Northeast Bylines
Speakers of all backgrounds call for peace and reconciliation in Israel and Palestine at a meeting at Newcastle City Library, hosted by the UK Friends of…
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September 2025
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Peace activists Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin: ‘We are coming to Ireland to speak up like our lives depend on it. Because they do’ | Irish Independent
Fathers on opposite sides of Israel-Palestine conflict are united in grief but travel here with message of hope
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September 2025
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Holding Liat’: A look at how one hostage family navigated a nightmare | CNN
Liat Beinin Atzili, who was held hostage by Hamas, and director Brandon Kramer speak with Christiane Amanpour about documenting her family’s lives while she was in…
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August 2025
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Stop the Genocide’: Thousands of Jews and Arabs Rally in Tel Aviv Against Gaza War, Hunger | Haaretz
The protest, organized by an umbrella group for Arab citizens of Israel, was scaled back after police capped participation under threat of revoking approval. Demonstrators held…
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August 2025
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Consequences | Times of Israel
Think of those young men and women whose lives will be changed forever, once they don that khaki uniform. We send them off with ease to…
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August 2025
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While Israelis Are Watching TV Cook-offs, Israel Continues to Kill and Starve Multitudes of Gazans | Ayelet Harel, Parents Circle
Hala Arafat cried out to be rescued from the rubble for hours; the IDF targeted anyone who tried to help. An hour away in Tel Aviv,…
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August 2025
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Where Olives and Sunflowers Grow: Strategic Reconciliation in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict | Middlebury Institute of International Studies
While acknowledging the profound devastation and complex geopolitical realities, I contend that the persistent cycle of violence, dehumanization, and blame stems from unaddressed “root causes” of…
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August 2025
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Compelling fly-on-the-wall portrait of a hostage family | The Jewish Independent
Acclaimed documentary Holding Liat tracks the daunting journey of a hostage family and is also a microcosm of the deeply conflicted politics behind the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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August 2025
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War of Destruction Must End’: Peace Activists, Relatives of Oct. 7 Victims Protest Gaza Aid Crisis in Tel Aviv | Haaretz
A coalition of anti-war groups, including those who lost family members during the October 7 Hamas massacre, called for a hostage release deal and Gaza cease-fire…
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August 2025
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Israel needs a John Hume, whose foundational thesis of ‘equality, justice, peace’ becomes more relevant and urgent | Belfast Telegraph
It’s been five years since John Hume’s death, and more than 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement that brought stability and peace…
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July 2025
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If the king of Belgium can speak the truth about Gaza, why can’t Europe’s cowardly politicians? | The Guardian
After a weekend in which at least 100 people across Gaza were killed as they sought food and water – violence that elicited no formal EU…
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July 2025
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Palestinian and Israeli families ‘listen from the heart’ | AFT
It was a packed house for the American Friends of the Parent Circle Families Forum invitational breakfast on July 25. The forum presented a curriculum, “Listening…
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July 2025
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While Israelis Are Watching TV Cook-offs, Israel Continues to Kill and Starve Multitudes of Gazans | Haaretz
Hala Arafat cried out to be rescued from the rubble for hours; the IDF targeted anyone who tried to help. An hour away in Tel Aviv,…
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July 2025
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While Israel and Iran Swapped Missiles, Palestinians and Israelis Talked Peace in Paris | Haaretz
This proved to me that it’s possible – even effective – to cooperate, even when the past is so complex and the present is bleeding, to…
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July 2025
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Bassam Aramin: If Israelis truly want peace, they should burn their IDF conscription orders | Irish Independent
The cause of peace is very difficult. In fact, many people call it the “problem” of peace. It is much more difficult than war. It must…
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July 2025
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Dialogue in the Middle East | DW
As the ensuing war in Gaza continues to claim countless lives, some Israelis and Palestinians are trying to break the cycle of violence.
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July 2025
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Israeli Damelin and Palestinian Awad awarded the “Fiorino d’Oro” | Pagine Ebraiche
Florence’s mayor, Sara Funaro, made up her mind after seeing a video of a song by Israeli singer Achinoam Nini, also known as Noa.
