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 the different communities involved. A few years ago, Bassam Aramin lost his 10-year-old daughter, Abir, who was killed by an Israeli soldier, and Robi Damelin lost her 28 year … Continue reading Israel-Gaza conflict: Bereaved parents across the divide | BBC Women’s Hour
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
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 encourage students to evade service in the Israel Defense Forces. “There are instances where we draw a line,” Kisch told Makor Rishon on Thursday. “Where? The Palestinian-Israeli Parents Circle-Families … Continue reading Education minister cautions Tel Aviv headmaster over calls to evade IDF service | Jewish News Syndicate
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.
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 organizations in Israel, where a Palestinian man from the West Bank and an Israeli Jewish woman from Jerusalem, shared their personal stories of loss and of hope with regard … Continue reading A flicker of hope in a growingly dark situation in Israel and Palestine | The Times of Israel blog
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 Israeli bereaved families – will no longer be allowed to operate activities in Israeli schools.
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 ludicrous branding as enemies of the people, systematic threats, and attempts to sabotage any public appearance, as well as a ban from schools.
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 represents Israelis and Palestinians who have lost loved ones to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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.
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.