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

Oren Kalisman (Tel Aviv)

“In our unit we called the operation a ‘terror attack’. In another unit they further and called it a ‘massacre’.” Photography by Dubi Roman Oren Kalisman, 30, is a physics student at Tel Aviv University. During his time in the Israeli army he was a lieutenant and platoon commander. I grew up in a village close to Galilee. [...]

Idan Barir (Tel Aviv)

“Descending from this hilltop settlement into the town of Jenin was like going from heaven down into hell.” Photography by Dubi Roman As a child I had a very clear idea of what patriotism was. I’d grown up with images of the glorious fighting of 1967 and wanted to be like those great Israeli heroes who had [...]

Chen Alon (Tel Aviv)

“My children were human, and yet we had dehumanized the Palestinian children” Photography by Dubi Roman Chen Alon is a theatre director, facilitator and lecturer at Tel Aviv University. Chen served for four years in the Israeli army and then for 11 years as an operations officer in the reserves. Later, he became a refusnik and as a result [...]

Projects

The 8th Israeli Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony

The 8th Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony attracted this year 2400 Israelis from across the country, 44 Palestinians, CFP’s members were able to arrive. For the full Ceremony record press here (we will upload subtitles in English and Arabic soon) Our thanks and appreciation to the Social Television for shooting the event and for the editing [...]

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.

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 [...]

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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