Combatants for Peace

Palestinians and Israelis attend a shared memorial ceremony commemorating the fallen on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2017, as Israel marks its annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

May 6, 2019, 8:22 pm

Court overrules bid to ban Palestinians from joint memorial ceremony

Netanyahu slams ‘mistaken’ decision by High Court over annual ceremony bringing together grieving Israeli and Palestinian families

By TOI staff

May 2, 2019, 2:00 am

Defense Ministry denies entry to Palestinians for joint Memorial Day ceremony

Organizers of coexistence event vow to petition High Court after 181 people barred, say ministry showing ‘disdain’ toward those seeking ‘optimism and a joint future’

By TOI staff

A photo of Osama Iliwat’s canceled visa after he was denied entry to the United States in February 2019. (Courtesy of Iliwat via JTA)

March 22, 2019, 9:57 am

Palestinian peace activist barred from entering the US

Osama Iliwat deported over suspicion he wanted to stay as an immigrant; ‘That was the only reason they can use against me,’ he says

By Ben Sales

Thousands attend a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day service at Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park on April 16, 2018. (Rami Ben-Ari/Combatants for Peace)

April 18, 2018, 12:08 am

8,000 join Israeli, Palestinian bereaved families for Memorial Day ceremony

Israel Prize-winning author David Grossman, whose son was killed in the Second Lebanon War, blasts Liberman’s attempt to ‘silence bereaved families’

By Jacob Magid

Participants at an Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony held in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2017, as Israel marked its annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

April 17, 2018, 11:25 am

Court overturns Liberman move to bar Palestinians from Memorial Day service

Judges say defense minister’s decision to deny entry permits to 90 participants in coexistence event ‘unreasonable’ and insensitive

By TOI staff

April 12, 2018, 8:01 pm

Court lets Jerusalem venue hold Israeli-Palestinian memorial event

Controversial Barbur Gallery to host discussion about service for the fallen on both sides despite municipality attempt to block it

By TOI staff

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman visits at a new Army center in Katzrin, Northern Israel, April 10, 2018. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

April 10, 2018, 8:28 pm

Liberman bars 110 Palestinians from Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day service

Defense minister calls event ‘a demonstration of bad taste and insensitivity’; organizers to appeal

By TOI staff

Palestinians and Israelis attend an Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2017, as Israel marks its annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

April 6, 2018, 8:29 pm

Holon refuses to host Israeli-Palestinian alternative Memorial Day event

After council labels annual meet ‘political,’ Combatants for Peace and Bereaved Parents’ Circle secures Tel Aviv location instead, expects big turnout

By TOI staff

Activists hold hands as they make their way to the Sumud Freedom Camp in the South Hebron Hills on May 19, 2017. (Credit: Gili Getz)

May 21, 2017, 9:25 pm

IDF raids West Bank ‘freedom camp’ built by Diaspora Jewish activists

Army, accused of assaulting demonstrators, says they erected illegal structures meant for Palestinian village in a closed military zone

By Jacob Magid

Demonstrators wave Palestinian and Peace Now flags at West Bank protest against settler violence near Michmash Junction, April 28, 2017. (Times of Israel/Jacob Magid)

April 28, 2017, 8:38 pm

Police prevent left-wing rally at outpost against settler violence

250 activists, including 3 Meretz MKs, barred from reaching Baladim, scene of attacks last week; forced to hold protest at Michmash Junction

By Jacob Magid

Conscientious objector Tamar Ze'evi. (Ido Heimberg/Mesarvot)

March 23, 2017, 11:36 pm

IDF recognizes anti-occupation draft refuser as conscientious objector

Tamar Ze’evi says she was exempted for opposing Israel’s West Bank policies, marking shift, but military says she was against ‘army service of any kind’

By Judah Ari Gross

Tamar Alon, left, and Tamar Ze'evi (Hila Aloni Ohayon/Mesarvot/Dor Heimberg)

November 16, 2016, 6:20 pm

Two teenage girls jailed for refusing to join IDF

Conscientious objectors Tamar Alon and Tamar Ze’evi say they won’t ‘contribute to Palestinians’ oppression’

By Michael Bachner

July 14, 2016, 4:28 pm

Would-be bomber turned peace activist barred from Israel premiere

Shin Bet prevents Shifa al-Qudsi of the Combatants for Peace movement from attending screening of documentary in which she stars

By Dov Lieber

Israeli and Palestinian peace activist walk past IDF troops during a demonstration in the West Bank on November 27, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/THOMAS COEX)

November 27, 2015, 5:56 pm

Israelis and Palestinians rally in West Bank for peace

250 people march from Batir to Etzion bloc, calling for end to ‘occupation, terror and violence’

By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers and bereaved families visit the graves of fallen soldiers at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 5, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

April 20, 2015, 2:48 am

100 bereaved families try to prevent Israel-Palestinian memorial event

Joint Tel Aviv ceremony for fallen is ‘like commemorating Eichmann on Holocaust Day,’ say protesters, urging Defense Ministry to ban entry for Palestinian participants

By Elhanan Miller