Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together
The co-directors of Combatants for Peace, ex-Palestinian and Israeli fighters, invite readers to attend on May 15th.
Author: Yonatan Gher
Rana Salman is the Palestinian CEO and co-Executive Director of Combatants for Peace. Before she joined CFP, Rana co-founded and served as the director of project management for Peace By Piece Tours, a travel company that offers educational and political tours in Israel and Palestine. In that capacity, she spent much of the last 10 years leading international groups on alternative tours and fact-finding missions in the region. Rana has also been a freelance translator and writer. She was born in Jerusalem but now lives in Bethlehem with her family. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature and also has a diploma in tour guiding.
Yonatan Gher is the Israeli CEO and co-Executive Director of Combatants for Peace. He has previously been the Executive Director of Amnesty International-Israel, Greenpeace Mediterranean, and the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, and Communications Director for the Masorti (Conservative) Movement in Israel. Born in New York, Yonatan grew up in Jerusalem, and now lives in Jaffa with his husband and two sons.