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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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January 2025
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Peacemakers hope Israel-Hamas ceasefire will hold: ‘It’s time for this nightmare to end.’ | USA Today
Relieved. Hopeful. Even optimistic. Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the…
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January 2025
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Gaza: For Vivian Silver’s son, a ceasefire is positive, but no peace is possible without new leaders | Asia News
Yonatan Zeigen, son of an Israeli pacifist killed on 7 October, speaks to AsiaNews about the question of “power and interests” behind the agreement, starting with…
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January 2025
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Torturing Palestinians in Israeli Prisons Won’t Bring My Brother Back to Life | Haaretz
Mainstream Israel customarily venerates bereaved families, even sanctifying them. Some would say that the situation has changed recently, but this position is also based on the…
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January 2025
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Peace talks with a twist: ordinary Israelis and Palestinians try to find common ground | SBS News
As talks continue in Doha in an attempt to reach a hostage deal and potential ceasefire in Gaza… five thousand kilometres away in London, a different…
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January 2025
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Breaking the Cycle of Hate: Israelis and Palestinians United for Peace | LinkedIn
In this heart-stirring video, two extraordinary individuals—Robi Damelin, an Israeli mother, and Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian father—share their deeply personal journeys from unimaginable loss to a…
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December 2024
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My son was murdered in Israel. I finally found a reason to live. | Washington Post
Michal Halev, an Israeli American and former facilitator of women’s circles and emotional counseling, is a mother. After Oct. 7, I joined a family nobody wants…
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December 2024
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Our Only Option: Israelis and Palestinians Need More – and More Equal – Partnerships | Haaretz
Time since October 7 is counted in various ways: by months, by days, by seconds, by bodies. I don’t care too much which way time passed…
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December 2024
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I am a Jew from Jerusalem, and I believe that Ireland is on the right side of history | Irish Independent
My name is Rami Elhanan. I am an Israeli and a Jew. I am a seventh-generation Jerusalemite. My father was a ‘graduate’ of the Holocaust.
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December 2024
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Listening from the Heart | LearningWell
A new educational program promotes empathy through stories of shared humanity
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December 2024
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Banning the Parents Circle Program: Israel’s Education Minister and His Sycophants Are Unfit to Deal With Education | Haaretz
At the beginning of the month, an internal Education Ministry committee convened to consider whether to restore the Parents Circle – Families Forum, an Israeli-Palestinian group…
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December 2024
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In Israel’s Education Minister’s Feud With This Israeli-Palestinian Group, Facts Are Meaningless | Haaretz
Israel’s Education Ministry has once again barred the Parents Circle – Families Forum, a joint Israeli-Palestinian group of bereaved parents, from inclusion in its database of…
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December 2024
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Doing Nothing Guarantees a Future Without Hope’ Say Israeli and Palestinian Peace Activists | Haaretz
The organizers of a recent six-day peace march from Shfaram to the Gaza border, that drew much smaller crowds than the previous peace event by the…
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December 2024
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Georgetown Partners on New Dialogue Program to Address Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Georgetown University
Georgetown has partnered with an organization of bereaved Israelis and Palestinian families to produce a program that fosters meaningful dialogue about the human side of the…
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December 2024
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St. Thomas Panelists Discuss Finding Peace After Conflict | St Thomas University
Amid conflict, regardless of the root of that conflict, respect and dialogue are fundamental steps toward a peaceful future.
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November 2024
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The Heat: Middle East Conflict | CGTN
Layla Alsheikh is a Writer and Activist, and member of The PCFF. Robi Damelin is the Spokesperson & International Relations Manager of The PCFF.
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November 2024
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A Message From Oct. 7 Bereaved Families: It’s Time to End the Gaza War | Haaretz
We, who all lost loved ones in Hamas’ vicious assault, know the feelings of anger and pain that could push individuals towards acts of revenge.
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November 2024
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The Heat: Middle East Conflict | CGTN
The Heat: Middle East Conflict CGTN Layla Alsheikh is a Writer and Activist, and member of The PCFF. Robi Damelin is the Spokesperson & International Relations…
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November 2024
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Voices for Peace: Robi Damelin and Layla Alsheikh | Washington Post
Meet two peacemakers who will not let their voices be drowned out by the Oct.7 massacre or the death and destruction of the Israel-Gaza War.
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November 2024
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Israeli and Palestinian moms know loss, work for peace | ABC
Robi Damelin and Layla Alsheikh, who each lost a son in the decades’ long conflict, are involved with Parents Circle, a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization made up…
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November 2024
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Grapevine: Nov. 17, 2024: An early start | Jerusalem Post
It is natural during war for opposing forces to hate each other whether they are combatants or not. But there are always exceptions – people who…
