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 [...]
Zohar Shapira (Tel Aviv)
โ€œAt first I was running after children throwing stones. 12 years later I was shooting above children heads at their homes.โ€ 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 Israelโ€™s top commando unit. [...]
Chen Alon (Tel Aviv)
โ€œMy children were human, and yet we had dehumanized the Palestinian childrenโ€ Photography by Dubi Roman Chen Alon is a theatre director, facilitator and lecturer at Tel Aviv University.ย Chen served for four years in the Israeli army and then for 11 yearsย as an operations officer in the reserves. Later, he became a refusnik and as a result [...]
Wael Salame (East Jerusalem)
โ€œIf Palestinian freedom fighters and former Israeli soldiers can form a group with a common cause, then anyone can.โ€ Photography by Dubi Roman Wael Salame lives in Anata, East Jerusalem. In 1990 he was arrested as he crossed into Israel from the West Bank on his way to blow up an Israeli police building. After five years [...]
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.
In-House Meetings
CFP defines two main obstacles blocking the road to peace between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples:ย  fear and ignorance. In order to fight the stereotyping and de-humanization inflicted by both sides on the other, we work to bring together as many people as possible from both sides so that they can gain a new perspective, [...]
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After watching and listening to everyone at the ceremony – speeches, facts and action โ€“ being a Palestinian I can see the hand reaching out for peace on the other side.

Yes, a thousand โ€œyesesโ€ for peace.

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Profile Photos
Renovating the School at Hirbet Twayel Pt. 1
Tour to the area South of Nablus
CFP Memorial Ceremony 2013
Protest in Anabta ืžื—ืื” ื‘ืขื ื‘ืชื
Tours for Avri Gilad and parlementary assistants
Inspiring hours with Jo Berry and Pat Magee โ€“ at Beit Jallah
Tour with Yaakon Ahi-Meir
Tree Planting at Walaje'