Israeli and Palestinian women have built momentum toward a future peace, but now they need more attention and resources. If the United States is serious about ending the bloodshed and working toward a durable resolution to the conflict, it will invest in their efforts and bring them fully into the process
…
On July 19, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that negotiations on an agreement to release hostages held in Gaza and establish a ceasefire are nearing the finish line. Such an agreement is long overdue and could lay the foundations for a peace settlement. But to build peace, rather than simply declare it, policymakers must engage a wider range of actors, starting with women.
Fortunately, this process is already underway, according to Israeli peace activist Yael Braudo-Bahat, who met with US officials on May 30. As the co-director of Women Wage Peace, a powerful grassroots peace movement in Israel with more than 50,000 members, Braudo-Bahat moves in lockstep with her Palestinian counterpart M.H. (who goes by her initials for security reasons), the co-founder of Women of the Sun, a peace organization with more than 3,000 members in the West Bank and Gaza.
Contiune reading:
