German Chancellor Angela Merkel Recognises Israeli-Palestinian Parents' Initiative

Seniors' Union Awards Golden Merit Medal

BERLIN, June 23, 2010 - In an ostentatious ceremony held by the Seniors' Union on the
28th June in Berlin, the Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has agreed to speak
to honour the work of Israeli and Palestinian families who promote
equalisation and reconciliation. The federal chairman of this CDU
organisation, Otto Wulff, will be awarding the Seniors' Union Golden Merit
Medal to leading representatives of an of Israeli and Palestinian parents'
initiative at the ceremony that is being held in the French Dome church. The
Israeli citizen Aharon Hirshenson and the Palestinian Nasra Shehab are being
commended for their efforts at the head of the Israeli - Palestinian "Parents
Circle" for reconciliation and international understanding. Israeli and
Palestinian families, who have lost either a child or another close relative
due to the prevailing violence between their nations, have joined forces to
create this parents' initiative. The Israeli - Palestinian organisation
advocates dialogue, non-violence and tolerance in the Palestinian areas and
also in Israel.

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