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Dear Friends,

Firstly, some news from us! Combatants for Peace Co-Founder, Sulaiman Khatib, has decided to return to his role of International Relations Director and will introduce the movement to new audiences around the world, and tell his inspirational story. More news further down on his latest transformation into a published author. Rana Salmnan has been promoted to the role of co-Director, and will work with Yonatan to deliver on our mission and lead CfP to break new ground.

We can’t believe the annual Joint Memorial is only a matter of days away. To register for the event, and find all the details you need to joins us, please use this link https://cfpeace.org/the-israeli-palestinian-memorial-ceremony/

We are getting closer to reaching our fundraising goals, but we aren’t there yet. Please consider supporting this momentous event and donate so that together we can remind the world that violence is not the answer - there is another way.

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In Peace & Solidarity from Israel/Palestine,

Rana Salman

Palestinian Co-Director

Yonatan Gher

Israeli Co-Director

Post-Ceremony Zooms

Immediately following the ceremony - you are invited to meet through Zoom with a number of speakers from across Israel and Palestine. The links to join will be published shortly before the sessions commence, on the CfP website, our Facebook pages, and on the Parents Circle - Family Forum website and social media pages. The Zoom rooms you can choose from are;

Meeting with the Speakers from the ceremony

Tamar Pikes, Layla Alshekh and Gili Meisler will share their personal bereavement, answer questions from the audience, and deepen the conversation beyond what is possible during the ceremony itself.

Language: English

Simultaneous Interpretation: Arabic

The Personal Story

Yuval Sapir, who lost his sister, and Ashraf Abu Ayash, who lost his father, will tell their personal stories, and what they went through until they reached the Parents Circle-Families Forum.

Language: Hebrew

Simultaneous Interpretation: Hebrew / Arabic

The Narrative of Fear

Becca Strober, a member of Breaking the Silence, will talk about fear, one of the main justification mechanisms of the occupation – and how she learned to leave it out of the equation.

Language: Hebrew

Disturbing the Peace

Sulaiman Khatib from Combatants for Peace and Steve Apkon, the filmmaker of “Disturbing the Peace”, will talk about just that: How do you create change within the comfort zone?

Language: English

Simultaneous Interpretation: Hebrew

Israeli Society: Immune System in Crisis

Journalist Akiva Eldar will talk with Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal, a political psychologist whose research is about conflicts and their resolutions, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a socio-psychological prism.

Languages: Hebrew

Simultaneous Interpretation: Arabic

The Personal Story

Muna Abu Sara, a speaker in the ceremony, who lost her son Khaled, and Guy Elhanan, who lost his sister Smadar, will tell their personal stories, and what they went through until they reached the Parents Circle-Families Forum.

Language: Arabic

Simultaneous Interpretation: Hebrew

The Ceremony – How it all began

Osama Eliwat and Avner Wishnitzer, members of Combatants for Peace, will talk about the establishment of the movement, the idea behind it, and the connection between these and the ceremony.

Language: Hebrew

Simultaneous Interpretation: English

The Narrative of Fear

Nadav Weiman, a member of Breaking the Silence, will talk about fear, one of the main justification mechanisms of the occupation – and how he learned to leave it out of the equation.

Language: Hebrew

Overcoming Fear as a Universal Mission

Aldera Jackson, a freedom fighter specializing in ethnic conflicts, and Aziz Abu Sara, a peace activist, journalist, social entrepreneur and politician, will talk about the relationship between fear and racism and the possibilities of combating them.

Language: English

Simultaneous Interpretation: Hebrew

Overcoming Fear Through Nonviolent Action

David Shulman and Sami Awad, activists, philosophers and experts of nonviolent resistance, will talk about the fear of revolting against reality and ways to cope with that fear.

Language: English

Simultaneous Interpretation: Arabic

A message from a friend

Richard Gere is not only “An Officer and a Gentleman”, but a deeply spiritual and peace-seeking human being.

We are deeply honored to have received this moving message from our dear friend for this year's Israeli-Palestinian Memorial. The full address will be broadcast at the Memorial Ceremony.

Paving a new path

Udi and Osama both experienced the horrors of war in the Jericho region, where Osama’s family lived. Both participated in the violence, and today are both activists for Combatants for Peace. In this video, they return to Jericho together and share their memories and journey which took them from that battleground, to the very different place they have reached today.

Sulaiman Khatib - New Book!

We're excited to announce the release of this new book. In this Place Together: a Palestinian's Journey to Collective Liberation is coming out with Beacon Press on April 13, on the same day as our Joint Memorial Day Ceremony. The book features stories of many Combatants for Peace cofounders and activists, as well as a glimpse into various moments in our movement's history - from our founding to our Freedom Marches.

A joint project between an American Jewish writer, Penina Eilberg-Schwartz, and CFP co-founder Sulaiman Khatib, this book is ultimately a narrative meditation on joint nonviolence, on Palestinian-Israeli co-resistance in the face of occupation, and on what it means to struggle for justice in partnership with others, and across vast differences in power and experience. Intimate, poetic, and political, In this Place Together opens a new space and offers a vision to guide us as we fight to end the occupation, win Palestinian freedom, and experience collective liberation.

Learn more and read early praise & reviews on Beacon's website.

Pre-order a copy on Bookshop, Indiebound, Barnes & Noble or Amazon.

All relevant links can also be found here: https://linktr.ee/inthisplacebook

We are proud of you Souli! Keep amazing us.

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