Combatants For Peace holds a meeting in Tulkarem

The Palestinian-Israeli Combatants For Peace Organization held on Friday a meeting in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, Palestinian sources reported.

Combatants For Peace

The meeting was held in Shoufa village, near Tulkarem.

The sources stated that Israeli peace activists and Israeli refuseniks participated in the meetings along with Palestinian and international peace activists.

Combatants For Peace identifies itself as “a group of Palestinian and Israeli individuals who were actively involved in the violence in the area”.  The Israeli members of the groups served as soldiers in the Israeli military and the Palestinians were involved in acts of violence in the name of Palestinian liberations, according to the official statement of the group.

The group’s statement also states “We all used weapons against one another, and looked at each other only through weapon sights; however today we cooperate and commit ourselves to the following:

We no longer believe that the conflict can be resolved through violence. We believe that the bloodshed will not end unless we act together to terminate the occupation and stop all forms of violence. We call for the establishment of a Palestinian State, alongside the State of Israel. The two states can exist in peace and security beside each other. We will use only non-violent means to achieve our goals and call for both societies to end violence.

http://www.combatantsforpeace.org