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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

Combatants for Peace

Layla Alsheikh, left, Yonatan Zeigen, second left, Robi Damelin, second right and Arab Aramin outside The Africa Center on September 18, 2024. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
September 29, 2024, 5:00 am
On US tour, Israelis and Palestinians united by violence hold fast to hopes for peace
With conflict seeming more inexorable than ever, victims from both sides tell US audiences understanding and willpower can keep future generations from paying the price they’ve borne
By Cathryn J. Prince
The crowd at the pre-recorded annual Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial ceremony, filmed May 8, 2024, and broadcast on Memorial Day eve on May 12. (Screenshot: YouTube/Combatants for Peace; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 13, 2024, 5:12 am
Israelis, Palestinians hold joint online memorial: ‘Help our wounded humanity heal’
Amid war and lack of entry permits for Palestinians, controversial annual event is pre-recorded and livestreamed; Gazan who lost 60 relatives says all wanted to ‘live in freedom’
By ToI Staff
A joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial day ceremony in Tel Aviv, April 24, 2023 (Gili Getz)
May 11, 2024, 10:18 am
Amid war, Israeli and Palestinian peace activists take annual joint memorial online
Controversial Memorial Day commemoration, filmed in advance this year, will be virtual to avoid having all-Israeli crowd, with West Bank Palestinians barred from Israel since Oct. 7
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial day ceremony in Tel Aviv, April 24, 2023 (Gili Getz)
April 25, 2023, 2:22 am
15,000 attend controversial joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event
Bereaved families from both sides of conflict decry Israel’s West Bank policies at unique remembrance ceremony, as right-wing protesters lash participants as ‘traitors’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
A memorial ceremony commemorating the victims of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2022, as Israel marks the annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
April 23, 2023, 10:55 pm
High Court orders Gallant to allow Palestinians to attend joint Memorial Day event
In a sharp rebuke to defense minister, court rules there’s no reason to ban Palestinians from annual combined Israeli-Palestinian memorial event or to ignore previous court rulings
By Jeremy Sharon
People attend a memorial ceremony commemorating the victims of the decades Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2022, as Israel marks the annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 21, 2023, 5:48 pm
Attorney general says Gallant should let Palestinians attend joint Memorial Day event
In non-binding opinion, Baharav-Miara says defense minister failed to present evidence of security escalation that would justify deviating from past rulings that allowed entry
By ToI Staff
3,000 Israelis attend a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony at the Shlomo Group Arena in Tel Aviv after the Palestinian participants were banned by Israeli authorities on April 30, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
April 13, 2023, 10:52 pm
Gallant says won’t let Palestinians enter Israel for joint Memorial Day ceremony
Organizers of controversial annual event for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families slam defense minister, who says move is due to ‘complex security situation’ in West Bank
By ToI Staff
Meytal and Bushra, center and right, in 'The Narrow Bridge,' a film by Australian psychologist Esther Takac, currently making the rounds of film festivals. (Courtesy: PR)
January 14, 2023, 5:53 am
Documentary places lens on transformation from grief to reconciliation
Australian trauma psychologist Esther Takac’s new film focuses on four bereaved family members on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By Jessica Steinberg
A memorial ceremony commemorating the victims of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2022, as Israel marks the annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
May 3, 2022, 11:01 pm
Israelis, Palestinians observe annual joint memorial ceremony, watched by 200,000
At controversial event, grieving families recount stories of lost loved ones and call for peace, end to Israeli ‘occupation’; some coalition lawmakers attend, sparking criticism
By Aaron Boxerman
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)
April 14, 2021, 5:46 am
Grieving Israeli, Palestinian families observe joint memorial, seen by 200,000
At controversial ceremony screened online, with small in-person gatherings in Tel Aviv and Bethlehem, participants from both sides of the conflict call for peace
By Aaron Boxerman
Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Flash90)
April 28, 2020, 6:23 pm
Yair Netanyahu slams ‘evil globalist’ EU for backing coexistence program
After European Union official attends Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event, PM’s son predicts bloc’s imminent ‘death,’ making continent ‘free, democratic and Christian’
By Raphael Ahren and Jacob Magid
Emcees Maya Katz (L) and Osama Iliwat speak during a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony on April 27, 2020. (Rami Ben Ari/Combatants for Peace)
April 28, 2020, 1:24 am
Bereaved families plead for reconciliation at joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial
Organizers say nearly 200,000 watch controversial online event broadcast from Tel Aviv and Ramallah featuring grieving family members from both sides of conflict
By Jacob Magid
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
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 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
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