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8 Highlights for 2018


2018 presented many challenges to our work, but we still have much to celebrate and to be thankful for. Here are 8 victories you helped us accomplish for peace and reconciliation this past year: 352 Dialogue Meetings for 7,400 Israelis, Palestinians, and internationals in Israel and Palestine Facilitator training for Israeli and Palestinian female members, with … Continue reading 8 Highlights for 2018

Your Gift Matters to Us


Our names are Robi Damelin and Bushra Awad.  We are two unlikely friends.  We are both bereaved mothers – Israeli and Palestinian.  We both lost our sons to the conflict.  We both paid the highest price.  We are both committed to peace and preventing others from paying this dreadful price and sparing others from this … Continue reading Your Gift Matters to Us

URGENT: USAID funding cuts threaten our programs


An urgent message from Shiri Ourian, Executive Director, American Friends of the Parents Circle – Families Forum I am devastated by the news that the Trump Administration has cut USAID funding for any cross-border Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding activities. While the saddening news of this punitive measure was announced previously, I was hopeful that our programs would be able to … Continue reading URGENT: USAID funding cuts threaten our programs

Enough! Halas!


Amidst the violence of the past few days, and the violence that is sure to follow in the days to come, on Friday the Parents Circle gathered its bereaved members, several hundred of its program’s alumni, partner organizations and the general public in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to scream – Enough!  We screamed enough … Continue reading Enough! Halas!