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   Women Wage Peace                                                       June 2021 Newsletter

So now what? After eleven days of relentless violence in May and the installation of a new government in June, what's next for WWP?

our immediate response. Last month while the violent conflict raged, Jewish and Arab women gathered on short notice to make a human chain along the ramparts of Jerusalem’s Old City (below).

We also called attention to several political firsts, including the appointment of three women to the Political Security Cabinet and nine women ministers, positions that are similar to Cabinet Secretaries in the US. WWP’s 24-second statement ends with one of our tag lines, no more decisions without women.


a more ambitious response. We’re gearing up for the official launch of our largest venture yet, Partners for Peace. After more than one hundred years of conflict, Israeli and Palestinian women are saying enough! As our first mentor, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, insisted, we women must take the future of this small place into our own hands. On International Peace Day, September 21, 2021, WWP will mark the beginning of a multi-faceted process coordinated with our Palestinian counterparts in the West Bank, leading to a regional peace conference the following year.

WWP is well aware that partners for peace exist on the other side; they are women like ourselves, ready to privilege a peaceful, just, and prosperous future over all past narratives. In addition to robust collaboration with those partners, the Partners for Peace initiative will pool a growing body of multidisciplinary knowledge to create new infrastructure for political leaders and negotiators; employ cutting-edge research necessary to advance and conclude an agreement; enlist broad public support by reaching out to influential figures, including women leaders of the Arab world, religious authorities, other Nobel Laureates, women and men from the arts, culture, and education; and link extensive media and digital campaigns with field operations to bring new Israeli audiences into contact with Palestinian peacemakers.

ongoing projects

Drive in Peace, Monthly messaging at major intersections throughout the country has resumed. Standing together one afternoon a month and sharing our messaging with passersby offers parents of young children, and others wanting to volunteer on a modest scale, a simple yet effective way to become active in the movement. More often than not, the response is a friendly wave or honk.

Political Alternatives
First. Our first proposed law, recently introduced into the Knesset by Labor Party Leader and new Minister of Transport and Road Safety Merav Michaeli, received an additional boost when Labor MK Emilie Moatti became another of the bill’s sponsors. If you’re not yet familiar with the bill’s game-changing plan to require examination of every possible diplomatic alternative before resorting to military options, please watch this two-minute video, Political Alternatives First

recent collaborations

>>>  Following the riots and other violence in May, WWP joined rallies organized by the Hand-in-Hand movement, a well-known network of integrated Jewish-Arab schools. We stood in Jewish-Arab neighborhoods such as Wadi Ara, Jaffa, Misgav Junction, Carmiel Junction, Rosh HaAyin and Kfar Qassem, calling out with one voice for a life lived together.

>>>  At a Middle East Peace symposium for Israeli and Palestinian politicians, peace activists, and clergy, WWP’s Hyam Tannous introduced WWP’s approach to resolving the conflict, including the need for women's full participation.

>>> The story of the journey of Beta Israel from Ethiopia to Israel inspires us time and again. WWP members recently visited the site on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem in memory of those who perished on the journey, hearing from Ziva Mekonen-Dego, former head of the Association of Ethiopian Jews, about the arduous trek to the Holy Land.

a woman waging peace, Dr. Warda Sada-Gerges

Warda Sada prefers the idea of shared existence over co-existence within this small country. "Co-existence is suitable for neighbors who don’t share a common life as we Arabs and Jews do here. I believe that only peace among ourselves and with our neighbors will bring shalom bayit traditionally translated as domestic harmony] which itself is a condition for any successful society." Warda brings her deep belief in personal, familial, and societal peace as the very foundation of democracy... read more.

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