For reconciliation and dialogue

How Ironical that International Peace day on the 21st September, coincides with 20 years of the beginning of the 2nd Palestinian Intifada. We mark these two conflicting events by illustrating the consequence of a conflict which should have ended years ago.
7 families who will never be the same, 7 empty rooms belonging to the ones they lost, before, during and after the Intifada. Read these 7 letters of love and hope and transformation – and be inspired to bring about change so that there will be no more empty rooms.

The Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum, together with Combatants for Peace and other organizations, gathered at the Almog Junction in the Jordan Valley, to jointly oppose the annexation plan, and to stand in solidarity with our Palestinian partners against the occupation.

Together, we will work to prevent more bereavement, and to promote dialogue, tolerance, reconciliation and peace.

Watch the 2020 Ceremony here!
The Ceremony was held on Memorial Day Eve, April 27th, 2020, 8:30PM. About 200,000 viewers from all over the world, including thousands of viewers from Gaza and tens of thousands from the Palestinian Authority watched the Ceremony via web streaming.
Following the streamed Ceremony, ten bereaved families opened their homes and invite anyone who wanted to join a zoom conversation with them in their private living room, sharing their bereavement stories and about the path they have chosen to take – a path of reconciliation rather than revenge.

An Israeli and a Palestinian, who tell their personal stories of bereavement and explain their choice to engage in dialogue instead of revenge.
Over the years, PCFF has conducted almost 7,000 dialogue meetings, with more than 200,000 very moved people in the audience.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. Just call us and we’ll arrive.

Every PCFF member has lost someone to the conflict who was their entire universe. Here you can read the personal stories of Forum members, about their loved ones who are no longer present, about the journey from pain to hope and about choosing reconciliation and partnership.

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.