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Women Wage Peace has succeeded in raising more than NIS 1 million in a matter of days through a crowdfunding campaign. The funds will enable the movement to carry out projects planned for 2021, such as a regional peace conference and the establishment of heritage sites for coexistence and peace.\u00a0 \u201cThe speed at which donations were collected is proof of how much the Israeli public supports progress towards peace with our neighbo<\/strong>rs,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>said Avital Brown, <\/strong>a member of the movement\u2019s steering committee and crowdfunding campaign sub-committee<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Women Wage Peace, Israel\u2019s largest grassroots movement, has succeeded in a matter of days to raise more than NIS 1 million in a show of support for the promotion of a negotiated peace agreement with the Palestinians. This impressive sum of money will enable Women Wage Peace (WWP) to move forward with four ambitious projects which are now in their final planning stages: (1) a\u00a0regional peace summit<\/strong>\u00a0with the participation of leaders and policy-makers from the region and world in cooperation with Palestinian peace activists (2) a\u00a0Citizens\u2019 Cabinet<\/strong>\u00a0to demand a solution to the problems of the residents of southern Israel, specifically those bordering the Gaza Strip; (3) the establishment, throughout Israel, of\u00a0heritage sites honoring coexistence and peace<\/strong>; (4) a research-based campaign to assist in\u00a0identification of beliefs and stigmas that inhibit support for peace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe summer of 2021 presents us with a unique window of opportunity to step up our efforts towards a negotiated accord,\u201d notes Avital Brown, a member of the movement\u2019s steering committee and crowdfunding campaign sub-committee. \u201cVarious changes and developments underway in Israel, in the region, and world such as the Abraham Accords, the re-emergence of the word \u2018peace\u2019 in public discourse, the new administration in Washington, indications from the Palestinian Authority regarding their willingness to enter into negotiation,\u201d Brown continues, \u201call these, and more signal the possibility of fertile ground for progress towards a negotiated agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approximately 2,500 people responded to the movement\u2019s call for donations. \u201cBeyond the success of the campaign itself, we also received endless heart-felt, even stirring, comments from donors, reinforcing our belief that the Israeli public is ready for peace with its neighbors,\u201d says Brown. \u201cWith the help of these contributions we will continue to declare, all over the place and all the time, that peace is possible, and we will continue to demand that decision makers move quickly towards negotiations, ensuring active participation of women in all aspects of this process. Conditions point toward the coming year as one of unprecedented opportunity; we will be there to demand that such opportunities are not missed.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n During 2020, despite the challenges presented by the Coronavirus crisis, Women Wage Peace attracted many new members, and now numbers approximately 45,000 women and men. In July 2020 the movement was granted NGO consultive status at the United Nations. This past Fall, its Political Alternatives First bill, which requires examination of diplomatic options before resorting to military ones, was introduced in the Knesset. The bill already enjoys strong support from a wide range of policymakers and thought leaders in the defense and security communities as well as from Knesset members across the political spectrum, from experts, and from the public.<\/p>\nIn the Media<\/span><\/h2>\n