For 50 days during last summer’s oppressive heat hundreds of women from accrosss the country camped outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 25- or 50-hour shifts to take part in a communal fast.
The symbolic demonstration was staged on the anniversary of the July 2014 Gaza war, in which there were 50 days of near constant rocket fire between Israel and Gaza. It was organized by Women Wage Peace ‒ a grass-roots organization established two years ago in response to the feeling of profound despair over that most recent war.
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What we have in common is beyond right or left, Arab-Jew – the connection is the real one. All we’re asking our leaders is just to listen. The aim for us all is to bring about peace. The question is how.
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