August 10, 2008
Source: United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/10/Festival_urges_Middle_East_faith_dialogue/UPI-86601218366114/
Interfaith reconciliation in the Middle East was a key theme at the Global Peace Festival USA on Washington's National Mall.
Elik El-Hanen, an Israeli Jew, and Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian Arab spoke on behalf of a group of 500 bereaved Jewish and Arab families who joined to support each other Saturday. El-Hanen's 14-year-old sister was killed in Jerusalem by a suicide bomber. Abu Sarah's brother was beaten to death by Israeli troops.