2020
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Stories, op-eds, events and press coverage from the bereaved families doing this work — and from the Americans standing with them.
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December 17, 2020
What you helped us accomplish in 2020 for peace
The Parents Circle has accomplished so much this year in the face of COVID-19, without permits and in the absence of political progress for peace. Take a look back on 2020: On Tour with Award-Winning Apeirogon: In February, 2020, Colum McCann’s critically-acclaimed…
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December 14, 2020
Op-ed
Ending the circle of grief | Robi Damelin
by Robi Damelin Bereaved Israeli mother Parents Circle – Families Forum The people of Israel were recently made aware of the fact that since April 2016, the country…
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December 10, 2020
Apeirogon
Colum McCann: The ruin of the heart is when we do nothing. Do something today.
Five years ago I climbed a staircase in Beit Jala in the West Bank. I walked into a room where I met two men who, in the course of…
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November 30, 2020
Webinar
WEBINAR — We Lost Our Children. We Hold Onto Our Hope: Dialogue Meeting with Roni Hirshenson and George Sa’adeh
Recording available: We Lost Our Children, We Hold Onto Our Hope Dialogue Meeting with Roni Hirshenson and George Sa’adeh Roni Hirshenson is Israeli. In 1995, his son, Amir,…
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November 25, 2020
Op-ed
You are our source of hope
Osama Abuayyash (left) and Yuval Rahamim (Photographer: Vardi Kahana) When we embarked on this journey as Co-Directors of the Parents Circle this past June, we knew it would…
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November 10, 2020
Op-ed
To President-Elect Biden: Help Us Restore Hope
Dear President-Elect Biden, The 600 bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families of the Parents Circle-Families Forum want to congratulate you on becoming the next president of the United States.…
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September 21, 2020
Webinar
Webinar recording: Our Tears Are the Same
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August 21, 2020
Webinar
WEBINAR: What role does hope play in peace? Psychology, conflict, and the next generation of peace
https://youtu.be/7V1K64uNfFs Thursday, September 3rd12:00 PM EDT (7:00 PM Jerusalem, 5:00 PM London) A webinar with Oded Leshem, a research fellow at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, for a discussion…
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August 5, 2020
Webinar
Apeirogon Book Discussion with Rami Elhanan, Bassam Aramin, and Hadassah New Orleans
August 5, 2020 Our mission is to foster a process of reconciliation for bereaved Israelis and Palestinians. They have paid the highest price to the conflict. The work…
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July 20, 2020
Webinar
Bold Women Leaders: Visions for Change in a Conflicted World
Recording available https://youtu.be/gIwcWp_Hd6o The Women’s Group of the Parents Circle – Families Forum held a webinar with four extraordinary women leaders from global organizations, to learn how these…
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