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Warriors for Peace: Can Women Revive the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process?
December 21, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST
You are invited to attend a free online Mediators Beyond Borders International New York (MBBI-NY) event, co-sponsored by the CUNY Dispute Resolution Program at John Jay College: “Warriors for Peace: Can Women Revive the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process?”, to be held Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 12pm – 1:30 pm (US ET); 7pm – 8:30pm Israeli Time.
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In this interactive session, Hyam Tannous, co-coordinator of the 4-Million Mothers Project and former Women Wage Peace (WWP) Steering Committee member, and Yael Treidel, member of WWP Board of Directors and former WWP Steering Committee member, will tell the story of the Women Wage Peace movement and explore its tactics, impact and plans for the future.
In 2014, in the wake of one of the most devastating wars between Israel and Gaza, a group of Israeli women came together to take a more active role in seeking a peace agreement with their neighbors. They founded Women Wage Peace (https://womenwagepeace.org.il/en/ ), a non-partisan, grassroots movement of women (and men) from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and political affiliations. WWP is the largest grassroots movement in Israel that is united in the demand for a mutually binding non-violent agreement between Israelis and Palestinian, involving women in the process (in the spirit of UN Resolution 1325).
Note: Registrants will receive a free link to the 2018 documentary Les Guerrières de la Paix (“Warriors for Peace“), directed by Hanna Assouline and Jessica Bertaux (55 min.), portraying the story of WWP and some of its members. We highly recommend viewing the documentary prior to the start of the session (but it is not required that you do so).