Robi Damelin

A member of the The Parents Circle Families Forum organization featured in a picture posted by the White House to explain the economic part of the peace plan.

Opinion We Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian Parents Will Not Be Pawns in Kushner’s Peace Plan

The White House cut our funding — but now they use our photos to promote their ‘Economy First’ plan for Mideast peace

A participant in the summer camp on Kibbutz Beit Alfa of the Parents Circle, an organization for families who have lost family members in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Opinion Trump Cuts Funding for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation. Fear and Hatred Will Take Its Place

As bereaved families, Israeli and Palestinian, working together to build reconciliation, we urge the White House: Reconsider a cruel, harsh measure that can't possibly contribute to any future peace process

Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 27, 2017.

Opinion Do Not Kill in My Sons Name

What makes us think that by enforcing the death penalty we will prevent crime? Will it bring my beloved David back?

Suha and Hussein Abu Khdeir, center, parents of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, hold posters with his portrait after the reading of the verdict in his killing, at the Jerusalem District Court, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.

Opinion 15 Years of Grief Failed to Prepare Me for One Palestinian Mother's Brave Message

The brave mother of the Palestinian teen who was burned to death by Jews says women should sit at the negotiating table.

Bushra Awad and Robi Damelin, two bereaved mothers. - credit: Dan Peretz

Israeli and Palestinian Bereaved Mothers Feel the Same Pain

Israel has been in uproar since a radio presenter dared suggest both Israeli and Palestinian families mourn their dead children - soldiers or terrorists - equally. My son's killing has taught me that grief knows no borders.