Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax

Sometimes I'm amazed

I ran across this web page today: Parents Circle - Families Forum.

In July 1994, 19-year-old Arik Frankenthal was kidnapped and killed by the Hamas. A year later, in response to this tragedy, his father, Yitzhak Frankenthal, founded the Parents Circle, an organization of bereaved parents and families who have lose loved ones because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Calling for reconciliation and a peaceful end to the conflict, the organization naturally expanded to include not only Israelis but also Palestinians bereaved families who have lost a close family member as a result of the conflict.

The Families Forum, as the expanded group of about 500 families is called, seeks to solve the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians through dialogue and mutual understanding. We call on all parties to promote reconciliation as the only way to reach true co-existence and peace.

Sometimes I'm amazed by what people will do. Sometimes I'm even hopeful.