Combatants For Peace

May 2013 / Guided tour to the rural area of Bethlehem

The “Bethlehem-Jerusalem” group of the “Combatants for Peace” (CFP) movement conducts tours of the rural area of Bethlehem, with the purpose of expanding and deepening the participants’ knowledge of the area, its inhabitants and the problems inherent to life under occupation in the area. At the end of the tour, a [...]

Personal Stories

Bassam Aramin (East Jerusalem)

“I tried to hide my tears from the other prisoners who wouldn’t have understood why I was crying about the pain of my oppressors.” Photography by Dubi Roman Bassam Aramin became involved in the Palestinian struggle as a boy growing up in the ancient city of Hebron. At 17, he was caught planning an attack on Israeli [...]

Suliman al-Khatib

I am Suliman al-Khatib from the village of Hizme in north-east Jerusalem. I was raised in a family which was badly affected by the occupation and fought it, according to the outlook that the only possible solution is a military one. I joined the “Fatah” movement at the age of 12, and was involved in [...]

Zohar Shapira (Tel Aviv)

“At first I was running after children throwing stones. 12 years later I was shooting above children heads at their homes.” Photography by Dubi Roman Zohar Shapira, 40, is a teacher living in Tel Aviv. He served 15 years in the Israeli military, and for some of this time was a member of Israel’s top commando unit. [...]

Projects

Meetings with ministers and political parties

“Combatants for Peace” has been meeting with ministers and political parties, in order to promote it’s positions into the political scene. On the Palestinian side, members of the movement have met the president Mr. Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) twice, and a third meeting is planned in the near future.

Introductory tours of the rural area of Bethlehem

Learning for Peace

Combatants for Peace invites you to “Studying for Peace” events that are maintained once a month. These are lecture and discussion meetings for CFP’s members and are open to the public. In the meeting we host public and intelectual figures, that are related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for an hour lecture. We wish to allow [...]

Promotional Film

Blog

After watching and listening to everyone at the ceremony – speeches, facts and action – being a Palestinian I can see the hand reaching out for peace on the other side.

Yes, a thousand “yeses” for peace.
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