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Women Wage Peace along with Women of the Sun and EcoPeace were nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize by academics at the Free University Amsterdam for their efforts to build peace between Israelis and Palestinians. [9] In addition, WWP co-founder and leader Yael Admi has been selected as one of the 2024 TIME Women of the year. [10]
Women of the Sun (نساء الشمس) is a Palestinian women's organization based in Bethlehem. [1] It was founded in July 2021 and is devoted to a peaceful resolution in the Israel-Palestine conflict. [2] [3] [4] The organization's name is an allusion to Men in the Sun, the 1962 novel by Ghassan Kanafani. [5]
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.
The modern state of Israel was founded in May 1948 in the aftermath of the Holocaust and Second World War but the conflict that has raged between Israelis and Palestinians since can be traced back ...
In 2002, an Arab plan offered Israel normal ties with all Arab countries in return for a full withdrawal from the lands it took in the 1967 Middle East war, creation of a Palestinian state and a ...
The Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling (WCLAC) works to reform personal status laws and support Palestinian women who face domestic violence as well as violence from Israeli forces. [36] The Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund is a UN-affiliated channel for financial support for local women's organizations, particularly women's ...
(Reuters) -The Gaza war has put renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, still seen by many countries as the path to peace even though the negotiating process has ...
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 ...