bereaved families

Israeli soldiers in Deir Abu Mashal, near Ramallah, August 10, 2017. (Flash90)

How did revenge become a military objective?

When Israeli military commanders call bereaved families from the field to confirm they’ve gunned down their child’s accused killer, security considerations are not at play — that’s just an army exacting revenge. There is something almost spellbinding about the speed with which the Israeli government is tearing off the masks that once afforded its policies…

By Orly Noy December 17, 2018

Naftali Bennett leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, November 27, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Even civil rights are too extreme for Israel’s education minister

Naftali Bennett cancelled an event with Israel’s oldest human rights organization after a group of bereaved families called it ‘one of the most extreme de-legitimization organizations against the State of Israel.’ On Tuesday, November 28, Education Minister Naftali Bennett canceled an upcoming joint event between his ministry and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) on…

By Joshua Leifer November 28, 2017

The mother of Saji Sayel Darwish at her son's funeral, killed yesterday by the Israeli army forces, March 11, 2014. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

What do Israelis really know about Palestinian suffering?

Mass funerals for terrorists are no more a representation of Palestinian society than Israelis who dance with knives and glorify Baruch Goldstein are a representation of Israeli society. By Ksenia Svetlova Yoaz Hendel, a former director of communications for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote an article in Yedioth Ahronoth’s weekend supplement addressing a topic that has became…

By +972 Magazine March 5, 2016

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An IDF Memorial Day service (Wikicommons)

Deconstructing Israel’s culture of bereavement

Protesting against the appropriation of their sons’ death by the state, a group of bereaved families sets out to redefine their relationship with their fallen relatives, independently of nationalism.

By Social TV May 6, 2015

Parents Circe Families Form dialogue tent in Tel Aviv (photo: Henriette Chacar)

WATCH: Reflections on Gaza — from Likud to ‘Women Waging Peace’

Over a month after this summer’s devastating Gaza war, small groups of Israelis are starting to reflect on what was and what will be. From a debate hosted by the youth wing of Israel’s ruling Likud party to a new group called Women Waging Peace and the Parents Circle forum of bereaved families, Social TV…

By Social TV October 21, 2014

A grave in Mt. Herzl military belonging to an anonymous IDF soldier. (photo: Segal)

Memorial Day: An open letter to Israel’s defense minister from a bereaved brother

Every year, the defense minister sends a letter to bereaved families, reminding them that the death of their loved ones did not happen in vain. Today, as Israel marks Memorial Day, the brother of Tamar Ben Eliahu, who was killed in a Jerusalem bus bombing during the Second Intifada, has decided to speak out against a…

By Haokets May 4, 2014