On Saturday, about 100 members of the Parents Circle – Families Forum and program alumni arrived to express their support and solidarity with the residents of Khan al-Ahmar, who are living under the threat of home demolitions and deportation. The townspeople hosted their visitors in the protest tent erected next to the school they had … Continue reading “We want to live in peace” – Solidarity in Khan al-Ahmar
Standing with Bardala
Bereaved members and program alumni in conversationwith Palestinian members of the Bardala community (all photos by Eyal Rozin) by Mohammad al-BawPalestinian Community Relations ManagerParents Circle – Families Forum Learn more about our campaign to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities affected by settler violence Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian members of the Parents Circle and our … Continue reading Standing with Bardala
The Struggle in Sheikh Jarrah
by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum December 25, 2021 Learn more about our campaign to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities affected by settler violence On Christmas Day, 50 activists from the Parents Circle – Families Forum travelled to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem to demonstrate solidarity with the … Continue reading The Struggle in Sheikh Jarrah
Picture this scenario
by Osama Abu Ayyash and Yuval RahamimCo-DirectorsParents Circle – Families Forum November 6, 2021 Learn more about our campaign to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities affected by settler violence Picture this scenario. More than a hundred enemies, who have every right to want to kill each other, enjoying a picnic together. Sounds unimaginable, right? … Continue reading Picture this scenario
Sharing hardship and solidarity on the Dead Sea – Members Picnic
by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum November 5, 2021 After two years of separation and Zooming, today 225 Palestinian and Israeli Parents Circle members and their families came from across the West Bank and Israel to meet each other at the Dead Sea. At the lowest place on earth, those who have … Continue reading Sharing hardship and solidarity on the Dead Sea – Members Picnic
Acknowledgement in Kfar Qasem
by Yoav PeckDirector of Community RelationsParents Circle – Families Forum October 30, 2021 Israel’s new president, Yitzhak Herzog, did yesterday what our parliament could not. He stood at the village of Kafr Qasem, where 65 years ago Israeli forces killed 49 Arab Israeli citizens returning from work, because they did not observe the curfew whose … Continue reading Acknowledgement in Kfar Qasem
Visit to Wadi Fukin
by Mohammad al-BawPalestinian Community Relations ManagerParents Circle – Families Forum Today, Israeli and Palestinian alumni of the Parents Circle’s Parallel Narrative Program visited the West Bank village of Wadi Fukin, near Bethlehem. They heard from residents about daily life in the village and about the problems they face from settlers. The village is surrounded by … Continue reading Visit to Wadi Fukin
Olive Harvest in At-Tuwani
In October 2021 and 2022, we visited at-Tuwani in the south Hebron Hills to pick olives. Forty of us from the Parents Circle – Families Forum, Palestinians and Israelis, came together from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and from the West Bank, Bethlehem and Halhoul, with Abed the minibus driver from Jaffa, carefully making his way … Continue reading Olive Harvest in At-Tuwani
Supply Truck to Tubas
Following last week’s solidarity visit by bereaved members of to Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley, this past weekend PCFF members distributed aid materials to the villagers, with the help of the “Sabaya al-Khair” organization. The goal of these visits is to stand in solidarity with the villagers, who continue to face violence and destruction … Continue reading Supply Truck to Tubas
In response to settler violence
This past weekend bereaved Israeli and Palestinian members of the Parents Circle visited the Palestinian village near Tubas — a Bedouin village that continues to suffer from damage and destruction at the hands of Israeli settlers. While there, we heard from Mahdi Qadri, the head of the local Bedouin council, and residents of the village … Continue reading In response to settler violence
