{"id":13336,"date":"2024-07-27T11:26:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T11:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.womenwagepeace.org.il\/en\/?p=13336"},"modified":"2024-07-27T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T11:34:39","slug":"peacebuilding-in-the-middle-east-requires-women-anne-marie-slaughter-and-xanthe-scharff-project-syndicate-july-26-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womenwagepeace.org.il\/en\/peacebuilding-in-the-middle-east-requires-women-anne-marie-slaughter-and-xanthe-scharff-project-syndicate-july-26-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women\u00a0\/ ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER\u00a0and\u00a0XANTHE SCHARFF,\u00a0Project syndicate, July 26, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13336\" class=\"elementor elementor-13336\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-170a978 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"170a978\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2198be\" data-id=\"b2198be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a49c657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a49c657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>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<\/p><p>&#8230;<\/p><p>On July 19, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N9mJIc4za0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0that 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\u00a0<em>build<\/em>\u00a0peace, rather than simply declare it, policymakers must engage a wider range of actors, starting with women.<\/p><p>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenwagepeace.org.il\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women Wage Peace<\/a>, 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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/womensun.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women of the Sun<\/a>, a peace organization with more than 3,000 members in the West Bank and Gaza.<\/p><p>Contiune reading:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/women-must-participate-in-peace-negotiations-israel-palestine-by-anne-marie-slaughter-and-xanthe-scharff-2024-07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/women-must-participate-in-peace-negotiations-israel-palestine-by-anne-marie-slaughter-and-xanthe-scharff-2024-07<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8230; On July 19, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,11,10,67],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women\u00a0\/ ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER\u00a0and\u00a0XANTHE SCHARFF,\u00a0Project syndicate, July 26, 2024 - Women Wage Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womenwagepeace.org.il\/en\/peacebuilding-in-the-middle-east-requires-women-anne-marie-slaughter-and-xanthe-scharff-project-syndicate-july-26-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women\u00a0\/ ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER\u00a0and\u00a0XANTHE SCHARFF,\u00a0Project syndicate, July 26, 2024 - Women Wage Peace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israeli and Palestinian women have built momentum toward a future peace, but now they need more attention and resources. 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