Combatants For Peace

Jun 2013 / Guided tour to the rural area of Nablus

The Land of Outposts – a tour to the Nablus rural area Does the political echelon promote one or two states between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean sea? What does the apartheid regime look like, and what does Palestinian life in the shadow of the outposts looks like? Do Palestinians truly believe in the “Two States for [...]

Personal Stories

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. [...]

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 [...]

Projects

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 [...]

Building resilience (inner and outer)

Building on the success and response from CfP members to the intense but short UK visits hosted by Encounters arts(www.encounters-arts.org.uk) ,Ben Yeger, CfP UK representative and Encounters Creative Associate is leading a year long(2012/13) project within the CfP movement. Project description A focused program in co-facilitation with CFP, over a sustained number of visits which aims to [...]

Political theater performances in the West Bank

CFP’s Tel Aviv-Tulkarm group uses the theatre activities based on Augusto Boal’s ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’. This is the model which aims to bring change through theatre. The theatre is a non-violent tool that allows Israelis and Palestinians to work together to end the occupation and build a peace based on non-violent principles. One of the [...]

Promotional Film

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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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