Grieving Israeli, Palestinian families observe joint memorial, seen by 200,000
473 shares Bereaved Israeli Tamar Pikes, whose brother and father both died while serving in the Israel Defense Forces, speaks at the Joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony near Bethlehem on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 (Credit: Ghassan Bannoura/Combatants For Peace) In a quiet courtyard near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, bereaved Palestinian and Israeli families and their supporters gathered on Tuesday night, Israel’s Memorial Day, to call for reconciliation and an end to the conflict. “We are entangled, drowning in a cycle of violence and pain and fear. Some of us cannot see th...
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