United through grief, together for peace

A Palestinian and an Israeli. Two fathers have both lost a child in the war, but not their hopes for peace. We were proud to host a touching event with Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan in the middle of the Peace Prize Exhibition. Here you see a couple highlights of the talk.
Listen to the whole conversation and read more here:
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/e...
Bassam Aramin is a former Palestinian freedom fighter born and raised in Hebron. He was imprisoned at the age of 17 and spent seven years in an Israeli prison. Rami Elhanan is an Israeli Jew from Jerusalem and was a combatant soldier in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Bassam lost his 10-year-old daughter Abir in 1997, she was killed by Israeli border police right in front of her school. Rami lost his 14-year-old daughter Smadar in 1983 in a Hamas-led suicide attack in Jerusalem.
We invited Bassam and Rami to the Nobel Peace Center, where the two shared their personal story, their reflections on the ongoing war, and their thoughts on what is required for reconciliation and a future of peace.
The dialogue was led by philosopher and social scientist Henrik Syse.