Shula Bohbot joined WWP a year ago, and her involvement is already very
significant. A resident of the Northern town Ma’alot-Tarshiha, married and a
mother of four, she was born in Morocco to a family of ten children who
immigrated to Israel when Shula was 10 years old. Shula holds a BA in education
and general literature and an MA in public policy, both from the Tel Aviv
University.
Following her studies, she returned to her hometown to “contribute”, as she puts
it. Shula has served for 25 years in various public positions of education,
management and supervision. Today she works at a technological-educational
start-up. She has previously run in the municipal elections in her hometown, with
a “women and young people list” she established herself. Recently she created
and produced the movie “Shreds of the class of 1965” premiered this month at
the Galil Festival in Ma'a lot-Tarshiha.
Shula defines herself as proactive. She identifies problems in society and
encourages others to work alongside her. The fear of losing democracy, she
says, turned her from a passive citizen into an activist. Out of this fear she led
protest actions on bridges and organized a march of 500 people to Jerusalem in
2020/1. 
Shula identifies herself with the messages of WWP that call for a different way:
no to war, no to more military operations and violence, yes to political
alternatives, negotiations, political agreement and peace. Her first action with
WWP was the fundraising campaign in 2021. “My target was to raise $500, and I
raised $8000, all from women who are not members of the movement. Here I
identified our chance to have many more women join WWP.” Together with other
WWP activists she organized the opening ceremony of the 2022 Journey to
Peace in Acre (reported in our last newsletter ).
http://messages.responder.co.il/7022411
Shula brings an out-of-the-box fresh and innovative way of thinking with a
plethora of ideas. The results of the elections held this month encourage her to
take advantage of the situation: "We must not feel small and inferior," she says,
"On the contrary, we must act with all our strength, everywhere – in the streets
and the squares, the neighborhoods, and of course, in the Knesset." Shula
begins this close to home, both by reawakening the local WWP group in Ma'alot-
Tarshiha, and recruiting new members.
