Isreal and Palestine
November 3 2016

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Isreali woman currently underwent a two week woman wage peace movement. The movement's purpose is to pursuade the prime minister of Isreal to make peace with palestine. Obviously peace negotiations between countries is important and benefical for all parties involved if they can agree to compromise, however, why would this be important for women? Why was it just women and not a co-ed protest?

Thousands of women walked with hope of peace. They began in Rosh Hanikra ended in Jerusalem. Women who have experiance the pains and consequences of war. The Women Wage Peace group was founded after the war in Gaza in 2014. The history of conflict in Israel and Palestine has more social and cultural constructs than one protest or policy could fix, but they definitely made an impact with the amount of women lined up marching the streets for two weeks.

Women on either side that marry someone from the opposite country may lose citizenship upon divorce and their children may as well. If the husband leaves the wife he can take his children over the boarder and the wife won't be allowed to cross to see her children ever. Boarder patrol is very strict and crossing between countries is permitted. Peace between the countries would bring peace between families, nations, and people. Women have a voice just as well.