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A joint memorial ceremony for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families held in Tel Aviv in 2025, with the inscription saying both in Hebrew and in Arabic: 'We, who lost our dearest of all, choose to stand, mourn and remember together. And as we do every year, we call for the end of violence and the search for a diplomatic solution that will secure freedom, justice and safety for all.' (Gilli Getz)
April 21, 2026, 3:59 pm
‘Blood only begets blood’: Why these bereaved Oct. 7 families still choose coexistence
Despite facing a hostile public atmosphere, some relatives of Hamas victims battle alongside Palestinian peace activists for political change, finding solace in dialogue
By Omer Sharvit
Liora Eilon speaks at a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony in Tel Aviv, April 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
April 20, 2026, 10:29 pm
Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event held in secret amid far-right threats
Tel Aviv location kept quiet over security fears, with parallel ceremony in Jericho; bereaved Israelis and Palestinians share stories of loss from Oct 7, Gaza war, West Bank violence
By Ariela Karmel
Elana Kaminka, mother of Lt. Yannai Kaminka, who fell on October 7, 2023, saving lives at the Zikim IDF base. (courtesy)
May 8, 2025, 1:12 am
What Matters Now to bereaved mother Elana Kaminka: End the Gaza ‘forever war’
Peace activist tirelessly promotes dialog between Israelis and Palestinians — and protests the Netanyahu government, which she holds accountable for her soldier son’s death on Oct. 7
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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
Palestinians and Israelis attend a joint ceremony for families of victims of both sides of the conflict on Israeli Memorial Day, organized by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle-Families Forum (PCFF) in Tel Aviv on April 24, 2023. (Itai Ron/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 1:02 pm
Education Ministry bars Israeli-Palestinian bereavement group from schools
Decision comes after government finds Parents Circle violates rules against disgracing IDF; group responds: ‘In a dictatorship, the education minister decides what is forbidden’
By Michael Horovitz
Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif, left, argues with Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky, right, at a Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting in Jerusalem on June 19, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 19, 2023, 3:07 pm
‘Go rape another one,’ ‘worthless terror supporter’: MKs trade barbs at Knesset
Coalition lawmakers threaten to act against youth village for hosting Israeli-Palestinian group’s summer camp, with one of them verbally clashing with Hadash-Ta’al MK
By ToI Staff
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
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
Hundreds of Israeli activists participating in an event at the Palestinian Authority presidential headquarters in Ramallah on November 28, 2019. (Credit: Wafa)
November 29, 2019, 4:33 am
In Ramallah, hundreds of Israelis join Palestinians to ‘unify forces’ for peace
Fatah official Jibril Rajoub says presence of Israelis at solidarity event proves there is a partner for peace; activists boo Neturei Karta rabbi slating ‘Zionist entity’
By Adam Rasgon
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