conflicts; the middles east; middle east: all articles

Tuesday 22nd September

Psychoactive and Operation Cast Lead

During the attack on Gaza, Israeli mental health professionals could be trapped between Israeli identification with government policy, and Palestinian citizens of Israel, then considered ‘the enemy’
Monday 7th September

The right of return

Israeli understanding of the Jewishness of Israel is complex, and it makes the right of return the most contentious issue on the negotiating agenda
Thursday 3rd September

On the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state: can the Palestinians seize the initiative?

Time to offer recognition of a Jewish state, but with conditions
Friday 29th May

"Comrades, your enemy is yourselves!"

Scene one. The day that Yvette Myakayaka-Manzini, vice president of the ANC women's department, took her account of the struggle against apartheid to Gaza. Scene two on an Israeli beach...
Tuesday 13th January

A crisis of dignity in Gaza

Overwhelming force must not become the new normality of the middle east
Monday 12th January

A joint call for reconciliation and peace from Israeli and Palestinian Families

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WE, THE PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI MEMBERS OF THE PARENTS CIRCLE - FAMILIES FORUM, BEREAVED FAMILIES SUPPORTING RECONCILIATION AND PEACE MAKE THIS URGENT APPEAL;-

To those who can make a difference to the daily reality of the Palestinian and Israeli people. To those who know that the negotiation of a cease fire is not enough and that it would only mean a temporary hiatus until the next round of killing To those who understand that freedom of movement and the right to an independent and viable state for the Palestinian nation is a basic requisite for solving the conflict. To those who understand that Israel's need for security is legitimate and that without it, no solution is possible. To those who care about both peoples. To those who only care about one side. We implore you to force all sides to sit around a table and find a way to stop the never ending cycle of violence so that finally we can live with a permanent sense of safety and dignity, which every nation deserves.  

 

From the Parents Circle -Families Forum Bereaved Families website: 

"There is no purpose and there is no hope in this war, that is about to swallow us by the flames of bereavement; there is no purpose to the mutual annihilation and to the approaching silence of death afterwards". 

"We are strengthened by the substantial and clear international call for sanity, ceasefire and dialogue".


"We see it as our responsibility to provide the public from both sides a direct means of dialogue, not through the political leaders and not through the media. Thus we are planning to upgrade chat and forum tools on our website and reactivate the Hello Shalom\Hello Salaam phone line enabling direct dialogue between citizens of both sides. The technological system exists - over one million calls were made in the years 2003-2005. 

Read more  http://www.theparentscircle.org/News.asp

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