TIME: 10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM ET | PLATFORM: Livestream | DONATE: bit.ly/3cRAmKq
Join hundreds of thousands of people around the world in what has been called the largest Israeli-Palestinian peace event in history. On April 13 at 1:30 PM EST, the Joint Israeli- Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony will be broadcast live around the world. The Ceremony is hosted by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle–Families Forum, and we are proud that [our organization] is an official sponsor this year.
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In this time of anxiety and separation, the upcoming Joint Memorial Day Ceremony offers solidarity and hope for a peaceful future. Israel’s Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron, is a solemn day on which Israelis remember those they have lost in the years of war and conflict. Often, this remembering is infused with the despairing narrative that “we have no choice but to live or die by our swords.” Traditionally, the immense suffering of Palestinian families is not acknowledged, leading to dehumanization and further despair.
The Joint Memorial Day Ceremony offers a hopeful alternative: ending the occupation and creating a just and peaceful future for both peoples. At this ceremony, Israelis and Palestinians grieve together for the losses that all families have suffered. By acknowledging the pain of those living on the other side, we resolve to choose a new path of peace, justice, security, and dignity for all.
Speakers will include Israeli and Palestinian activists, advocates, artists, and bereaved family members who have transformed their adversity and loss into constructive action and care for each other’s histories and struggles. Now, more than ever, we need this vision of hope. What began as a small ceremony of 50 people in 2005 is now the largest Memorial Day ceremony in Israel, attended by over 200,000 people last year – and the largest Israeli-Palestinian peace event in history. This year, the Ceremony will take place virtually, broadcast live from Tel Aviv and Ramallah.
If you would like to make a donation to support the Ceremony, please click here
[https://afcfp.org/memorial-campaign/]. Your donation is an investment in peace.