Parents Circle Families Forum

We express our deepest and heartfelt condemnation of the ongoing violence in the region. It is a time of great sorrow, knowing that countless families now bear the burden of emptiness in their hearts and the heavy weight of grief due to the tragic loss of their loved ones.

We express our deepest and heartfelt condemnation of the ongoing violence in the region

“A whole year of war with no end in sight.

A whole year and all we have witnessed is killing deaths, kidnappings, injuries, trauma, displacement, hunger, thirst, illness, and abandonment. A whole year we have witnessed only deaths, kidnappings, injuries, trauma, displacement, hunger, thirst, illness, and abandonment.

A whole year of frightened children, worried mothers and fathers, grandparents whose entire life’s work and hopes for their families have been shattered.

All this follows decades of an unending cycle of bloodshed. Of occupation. Of injustice. Of a cruel and painful conflict.

During this entire year, there were only 6 days of ceasefire in which the hostages returned home, 6 days when the destruction and killing ceased in Gaza and for a moment, we could all breathe

The leaders are trying to sell us empty words of victory, heroism, and revenge.

What victory can console a mother who lost her son? What revenge will bring a child’s father back?

We, in the Israeli-Palestinian Parents Circle Families Forum have long understood that wars, violence, and terror only create more and more cycles of revenge and hatred.

We strongly condemn all violence, terror, and killing, and we know they will not lead to security for Israelis, nor to freedom and rights for Palestinians

We, two women, two mothers—one Palestinian, one Israeli— who lead the Parents Circle Families Forum, witness the pain and loss every day. So many more bereaved families have joined us in the past year, and our hearts break together with them.

Like all Israeli and Palestinian mothers, we do not want to sacrifice our children. All we want is to raise our children in peace.

For us to live, the war must end. Everyone must return home. The occupation must end, and the conflict must be resolved through political agreements.

The Bereaved Families Forum stands in solidarity with all grieving families and wishes healing and recovery to all those wounded and affected by this war.”

Nadin Quomsieh and Ayelet Harel

Co-directors PCFF

One of our main activities

An Israeli and a Palestinian, who tell their personal stories of bereavement and explain their choice to engage in dialogue instead of revenge. If you too would like to be a part of promoting peace and reconciliation, you’re welcome to arrange dialogue meetings in your home, in your workplace, in the community center near you, or anywhere you’d like.

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The Parents Circle Families Forum invites anyone who has lost a family member due to the conflict, to join us

If you have lost a family member due to the conflict, and you are also tired of the never ending cycle of loss of life, we would like to see you with us. Together, we will continue to work to prevent further bereavement, to create dialogue, reconciliation and peace.

A combination of historical national information and the personal and familial stories of the participants

To get to know the personal and national narrative of the “other”, as an important step towards reconciliation between the peoples. So far, during the nine years of the project, 40 groups have been conducted.

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