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Former Israeli soldiers participated in a panel discussion on Thursday at the Jerusalem Film Festival with Palestinains who had served jail sentences on terror charges, after the premiere of a documentary about their joint mission to forge equality and peace.
The members of the Combatants for Peace activist group were at the Jerusalem Cinematheque for a film about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Disturbing the Peace.
The feature-length documentary focuses on the binational effort by the former combatants, who have replaced their weapons with olive branches.
The film, co-directed by Stephen Apkon and Andrew Young, begins with the personal narratives of each of the eight protagonists.
In the documentary, Shifa al-Qudsi, one of its main subjects, recalled the grief she experienced over the destruction of her home in Tulkarm, which ultimately drove her to attempt a suicide bombing...