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Women Wage Peace (WWP; Hebrew: נשים עושות שלום, romanized: Nashim Osot Shalom; Arabic: نساء يصنعن السلام) is an Israeli grassroots peace movement, formed shortly after the Gaza War in 2014.
As part of this work, she helped organize and lead tours of the Israeli side of the Israeli–Gaza border, as a way to raise awareness about the struggles of Gaza residents. [12] Silver officially retired in 2014. [1] Following her retirement, and the 2014 Gaza War, Silver co-founded Women Wage Peace, an interfaith grassroots organization.
Since 2021 it has collaborated with a Palestinian sister movement, Women of the Sun. [5] By February 2023, Braudo-Bahat was the organization's co-director. [6] As a member of Women Wage Peace, Braudo-Bahat has criticized government policies that restrict the entrance of Palestinian activists into Israel, [6] and the continued 2023 Israel-Hamas ...
When human rights activist Ziv Stahl was awakened to the booms of rocket fire on October 7, while staying at her sister’s home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, she did not for a moment anticipate the scale ...
In December 2023, Women of the Sun and Women Wage Peace were both nominated by the Nobel Peace Prize Working Group of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. [12] [13] Women of the Sun founder and director Reem Al-Hajajreh was selected as one of the 2024 TIME Women of the ...
After the 2014 Gaza War, a group of Israeli women founded Women Wage Peace with the goal of reaching a "bilaterally acceptable" peace agreement between Israel and Palestine. [88] The movement has worked to build connections with Palestinians, reaching out to women and men from a variety of religions and political backgrounds. [89]
Women in Israel comprise 50.26 percent of the state's population as of 2019. [5] While Israel lacks an official constitution, the Israeli Declaration of Independence of 1948 states that “The State of Israel (…) will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.”
Pages in category "Peace organizations based in Israel" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Women Wage Peace; Y. Youth Against Dictatorship