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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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April 2025
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Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli women call for peace at Stanford event | The Almanac
A Palestinian mother who lost her son and an Israeli daughter who lost her parents to the decades-long conflict between their nations shared their stories Monday…
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April 2025
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I-GMAP hosts annual Frontiers of Prevention conference | BU Pipe Dream
The weekend saw seven panel discussions. The Nadia Rubaii Memorial Prize was awarded to Robi Damelin and Sima Mohammed Awad of the Israeli-Palestinian peace group Parents…
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April 2025
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I-GMAP to host annual Frontiers of Prevention conference this weekend | BU Pipe Dream
I-GMAP to host annual Frontiers of Prevention conference this weekend | BU Pipe Dream This year’s Nadia Rubaii Memorial Prize, which was created in 2023 to…
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March 2025
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Javier Bardem Signs Letter by Bereaved Israeli, Palestinian Fathers Urging End to “Bloody Conflict” | Hollywood Reporter
Javier Bardem Signs Letter by Bereaved Israeli, Palestinian Fathers Urging End to “Bloody Conflict” | Hollywood Reporter The plea for a return to negotiations and a…
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March 2025
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For Security and A Bright Future | Medium
We are the ones who have paid the heaviest price through those who lost their children in this bloody conflict. We lost our daughters, Smadar Elhanan,…
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March 2025
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Palestinian and Israeli children both have the right to live in safety and dignity | America the Jesuit Review
There are Israelis and Palestinians who reject this kind of cruelty and inhumanity. There is even a group of bereaved Israeli and Palestinian parents who have…
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March 2025
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Jewish anti-Netanyahu protesters call for ceasefire and hostages’ return | Jewish News
Demonstrators in London urge UK leaders and Jewish community figures to break their silence as calls for peace grow louder
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March 2025
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Hundreds gather in downtown SF to protest Israel’s surprise attack | Golden Gate Express
“There is another way. We want reconciliation. We want an end to the occupation. So this is co-resisting together, the system everybody’s caught up in and…
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March 2025
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Before Nita Lowey died, Donald Trump eviscerated the $250M Middle East peace fund named for her | Cleveland Jewish News
Before Nita Lowey died, Donald Trump eviscerated the $250M Middle East peace fund named for her | Cleveland Jewish News All of the peace-building groups supported…
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March 2025
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Trump wants campuses to fight antisemitism. Here’s how they should actually do it | The Forward
We must create programs where Israeli studies and Palestinian studies are explored in entwined fashion, to reflect the lived experience of people on the ground.
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March 2025
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Crying Out In Pain | The Daily Journal
Last year I attended a presentation in Palo Alto by two bereaved mothers, one Palestinian, the other Israeli. Each had lost a child in the many…
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February 2025
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Brothers in the name of peace | Vatican News
Israeli Maoz Inon and Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah, who attended the “Arena of Peace” event in the northern Italian city of Verona in May 2024, where…
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February 2025
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It’s Not Easy to Achieve Peace. So Do We Give Up Trying? | Haaretz
Our statesmen often resemble children squabbling so fiercely over a resource that they destroy it. There is another way
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February 2025
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2024 Seán MacBride Peace Prize | International Peace Bureau
The 2024 Seán MacBride Peace Prize honors the selfless efforts and dedication of organizations and individuals who promote healing, restoration, and human rights while embodying the…
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February 2025
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Israeli, Palestinian Speakers Share Message of Unity at Durham Synagogue | Chapelboro
Judea Reform Congregation, the main Reform synagogue in the Durham-Chapel Hill area, hosted two peace activists on Sunday from the Parents Circle – Families Forum, a…
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February 2025
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Israel’s government is trying to limit international funding of human rights organisations | The Jewish Independent
International governments are key funders of human rights organisations in Israel. The Israeli government is trying to stymie their influence.
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February 2025
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S3 E3 Robi Damelin, Parents’ Bereavement Circle: Between loss and hope for peace | Women Ending War Podcast
When Robi Damelin received the knock on the door that every parent dreads, her reaction was not what you might expect. Instead of calling for revenge…
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February 2025
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‘If we lose hope, we lose everything’: Israeli and Palestinian speakers call for dialogue over division | The DePaulia
As a child, Arab Aramin threw stones at Israeli soldiers. As a teenager, Guy Elhanan prepared to take up arms in the Israeli military. On Tuesday,…
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February 2025
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Listening from the heart: A visit from the Parents Circle – Families Forum | DePaul University
Arab Aramin and Guy Elhanan of the Parents Circle Families Forum shared their powerful journeys from tragic loss to a commitment to reconciliation with DePaul community…
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February 2025
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As the Gaza ceasefire just about holds, the West Bank burns | Prospect
In the UK, at the Foreign Affairs Committee’s recently launched inquiry into the Israel-Palestine conflict, Bassem Aramin told MPs what daily life in the West Bank…
