Covering an online event: panel discussion on Palestine and Israel

On Wednesday 19 May 2021, YMCA staff and partners from East Jerusalem, Gaza, West Jerusalem and Bethlehem shared online their experiences, frustrations and hopes about the ongoing violence in their region. Read the summary of this event on the World YMCA website.

"What is the future of our children?" asks Hani Alfred Farah General Secretary of YMCA Gaza. "We are human beings, we just want justice, we just want the support of the international community, we want to live" pic.twitter.com/yWryY014y6
— World YMCA (@WorldYMCA) May 19, 2021

Rana Fahoum, CEO of the #Jerusalem International YMCA, "At the YMCA, we live in a bubble. We serve all the communities without any problem, and this gives us hope. But we know that outside, things are different. We feel threatened, and our children do not feel safe" pic.twitter.com/Wd7OVCDh4k
— World YMCA (@WorldYMCA) May 19, 2021

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