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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 โFatahโ movement at the age of 12, and was involved in [...]
(Translated by Yahav Zohar)
My name is Tzahi Avinoam. I was born in Ashkelon to a traditional working class Mizrahi [Jews from muslim countries] family. at the age of six, in 1984 we moved to Nissanit, a settlement in the Gaza Strip. My parents’ motives for moving were ideological as well as economic. The settlement [...]
My name is Yunes Asfoor. I don’t know how to begin my story because it is somewhat different from those of my friends. After I got married, god blessed me with children, I had a son called Habib-Allah who suffered from a serious disease (leukemia). I took him for treatment in many hospitals โ in [...]
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 [...]
Combatants For Peace started the Membership Registration Project.
During 5 years of mutual work and protest, numerous people have joined (and some left) our organization.
Today, we are thus starting the new membership registration in order to present a more accurate picture of the structure and size of CFP.
We also want to know you better and improve [...]
“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.
