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Two special women and their legacies for peace:
Selma Waldman and Hilda Silverman
May their memory be a blessing.
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| Protesting 40 years of occupation - Tel Aviv, July 9, 2007. Photo: Yair Gil |
Hi all - welcome to my site!
I
created these pages as a resource for those studying the peace movement in Israel, particularly the women's peace movement.
It
includes many of my email reports since 1988 ("Dispatches from the Peace Front"), as well as a book telling the early history
of Women in Black in Israel.
When
we do get to peace between Israel and our Arab neighbors, women peace activists will deserve a special place in history.
Gila
Svirsky
Jerusalem
P.S. See my new grandtwins on A Tad About Me.
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| Luisa Morgantini on the Women in Black vigil, 28 Dec 2007. Photo: Dani Lagarto Fernandez |
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| Naomi Morag on the Women in Black vigil, 28 Dec 2007. Photo: Vera Reider |
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| Ala Shainskaya: No to War! [Russian], Olmert - Enough! [Hebrew], August 2006. Photo: Jacob Katriel |
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| "Partnership begins with coexistence, not with walls. Molly Malekar at A-Ram. Photo: Dalit Baum |
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| Khulood Badawi "under arrest" at a demonstration 24 June 2004 |
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| Yana Knopova at an anti-war vigil during the Lebanon War 2006 |
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BULLETIN
BOARD
New: Security
once meant something much broader than its military definition. Sometimes it’s
hard to remember that older use of “security”, but efforts to revive it have been made in recent years. It is called “human security” and includes areas of activity such as... Desperately Seeking Security, continued
"...the windowsills were full of plants thriving from good care. We sat across from each other
and she sipped her coffee in between answers to my questions." Chapter 8 from Lucille Sherlick's Ph.D. dissertation, Israeli Women's Voices.
The day of Jess’s conversion
was also the day that Israel began its pitiless bombing of Lebanon and nearly three weeks into Israel’s violent assault
on Gaza…A Jewish Plea by Sara Roy full text
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If I
had to capture the current Israeli mood in two words, they would be “national disenchantment”...by
Gila Svirsky continued
"This
double whammy - military defeat and internal corruption - has shattered the Israeli ethos that their country is small, but
strong and honourable." Shalom, to Palestine from Israel: An interview by Elayne
Clift
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"When
half the population is not represented at the table where the fate of humanity is at stake, we cannot expect to sustain peace
agreements..." Cora Weiss, "Women, Peace, and Stability"
"I am working for the day when millions of people will show up and dismantle the checkpoints
with their own hands and that’s that, finished..." Yehudit Kirstein-Keshet, On Founding MachsomWatch
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Photo of me (upper left corner of the pages) by Peter Liatowitsch. Thanks,
Peter!
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On Happiness: His few friends
had told him he could never buy it, but Mr Crawley surmised that they just didn't know where the store was. Gary
Larson
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