Letters of Hope

This year, on 2020 International Peace Day, bereaved Israeli and Palestinian parents wrote letters to children they lost due to the conflict.
They are left with their memories, their empty rooms, and a drive to make sure that no one else suffers the same loss and pain.
No more deaths. No more empty rooms.

Support us to help prevent more empty rooms:

David

“David my beloved,

not a day goes by without your haunting smile that touches my very being. They all told me the day you died that it is terrible now but you will learn to live with this pain…”

Kamal and Tayseer

“Kamal and Tayseer,

my darling sweet boys, Kamal, meaning perfection, and Tayseer, meaning to make things possible – this is the first time I am able to write to you after so many years. There is not a day…”

Nimrod

“My dear Nimrodi,

I’m on one of the visits to the military cemetery, to your grave, just a few days before National Memorial Day. Wondering what the date is today and suddenly…”

Mahmoud

“Mahmoud,

you were the first real joy in my life, I waited for you for five years for you to bring light into my world. I miss you so much when all the family is sitting round the table and you are not..”

Smadar

“Ahalan, my sweet

“Smadari, so many years have passed since that horrible day, where you suddenly disappeared from our lives forever, and yet to this day, whenever I open my phone and see…”

Shuokat

“My Darling Shuokat,

or Abu Alshush my name for you when I am missing you most. Everything reminds me of you, I remember when you were so ill, you and I faced the difficulties together…”

Irene

“My Darling daughter

Irene, how I miss you, you are in my memories all the time. Every day I see your image, I hear your voice and I see the interaction with your sisters. You were the one…”