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Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian fathers use their friendship to campaign for peace
The bereaved activists say mutual respect and shared grief can help end the conflict, and they cite a peace partnership built over 20 years.
- Israeli and Palestinian activists Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin visited Dublin to campaign for peace at a Trocaire event, using their personal friendship to advocate for mutual respect between their nations.
- Elhanan's 14-year-old daughter Smadar was killed by suicide bombers in 1997; Aramin's 10-year-old daughter Abir was shot by the Israeli military in East Jerusalem in 2007.
- Aramin said learning about the "humanity" of the "enemy" changed his perspective, while Elhanan emphasized, "One word is essential, without it nothing will happen, the word is respect."
- Despite fighting on opposing sides as young men, the pair now call each other "family" and use Northern Ireland's peace as a model for hope in their campaign.
- Aramin believes the violence "must end at one point, and I believe very soon," while Elhanan aims to ensure no Muslim, Christian, or Jewish children die in the Holy Land.
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