Bereaved Families Forum

At the joint Memorial Day ceremony, April 29, 2025. (Oren Ziv)
Against all odds, Israelis and Palestinians mark 20th joint Memorial Day ceremony
Facing both October 7 and Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, bereaved families sought to make space for shared grief — and insist on a different path forward.
By +972 Magazine April 29, 2025
Palestinian and Israeli women embrace during the alternative Memorial Day ceremony, April 17, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Thousands of Israelis, Palestinians mark Memorial Day together
After numerous venues backed out of hosting the ceremony and the High Court had to intervene to allow Palestinian participants to join, the crowd exceeded capacity. Right-wing Israelis protest outside. Nearly 7,000 Israelis and Palestinians held an alternative Memorial Day ceremony in Tel Aviv Tuesday night, organized by the Bereaved Families Forum and Combatants for…
By Joshua Leifer April 18, 2018
Israeli minister of Defense Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference during the construction of the new Israeli settlement Amichai, to be established as the new home for the evacuated residents of Amona, October 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Liberman goes to war against alternative Memorial Day ceremony
Frustrated but unbowed, organizers of the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony hope this year’s event will be the biggest yet.  Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced Tuesday that Israel would deny entry permits to 110 Palestinians who planned to participate in the annual Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony. Liberman called the alternative Memorial Day ceremony, organized jointly by Combatants for…
By Joshua Leifer April 11, 2018
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Robi Damelin, from the Bereaved Families Forum, is seen pictured in front of a model separation wall during an International Women's Day action in the West Bank city of Beit Jala.
WATCH: Bereaved Palestinians and Israelis mark Women’s Day
Israeli and Palestinian women commemorated International Women’s Day last week by destroying a mockup separation wall in the West Bank city of Beit Jala. The event, put on by the Bereaved Families Forum, included a vigil in memory of those who have lost their lives in the conflict. Among the speakers were Suha Abu Khdeir, the mother of Mohammed Abu Khdeir,…
By Social TV March 15, 2017
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