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Robi helps preach peace, not pain, in a region scarred by conflict

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Robi Damelin
Age: 62
Home: Tel Aviv, Israel
When her son was shot by a sniper in March, 2002, Robi Damelin felt like a hole had been punched in her heart. But she turned grief and anger into a dialogue of trust and reconciliation with other Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost a loved one.
filed in Filed in: Middle East, Peace & Conflict

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories

Robi's organisation, The Parents Circle, was founded in 1994 by Yizhak Frankenthal, whose 19-year-old son, Arik, was killed by Palestinian militants: it aims to bring together the bereaved from all sides of the conflict, to promote peace and reconciliation
Their grassroots group, Families Forum, comprises 500 families dedicated to communicating a message of hope around Israeli and Palestinian areas of the region. They carried out more than 1,000 classroom visits to schools in 2004
Hello Shalom/Hello Salaam is a radical and unique scheme launched by The Parents Circle. It's a phone line that connects Palestinian and Israeli callers, by dialling a four digit number. Over 400,000 calls have been made since it was launched in 2002

Filed in: Middle East, Peace & Conflict

Israel

Israel
population: 6.5 million
total armed forces: 168,000
eligious mix: jewish, 76.5%, muslim 15.9%, christian 2.1%, other 5.5%