Americans can dial a 900 number to talk to Israelis and Palestinians about life during the intifada.

Hello Peace, a program of the Parents Circle, a forum for tolerance and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians, will expand its service to America beginning Tuesday. Since the service began in Israel in October 2002, more than 600,000 callers have used the dollar-per-minute, English-language line to talk about their pain, anger and hope.

“There can’t be a successful peace agreement without integral reconciliation between the two nations, so any dialogue we can promote between Palestinians and Israelis helps,” said Robi Damelin, a Parents Circle activist whose son was killed by a Palestinian sniper in March 2003.

Hello Peace can be accessed by dialing 1-900-AT-PEACE.