Bat Shalom is one of the organizations of the
Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
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. They are a feminist Israeli-Palestinian non-governmental organization, a merging of two previous organizations: Israel's Bat Shalom, and the Jerusalem Center for Women. They work together through another group, The Jerusalem Link. Their main goal is to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with resolutions for Israeli and Palestinian women as their highest priorities. They also created a list of specific goals in mind that they believe must be essential to the overall resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
History
In 1989, prominent
Israel
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i and
Palestinian
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women peace activists convened a meeting in
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. The meeting initiated an ongoing dialogue that in 1994 resulted in the establishment of
The Jerusalem Link comprising two women's organizations—Bat Shalom on the
Israel
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i side, and the
Jerusalem Center for Women on the Palestinian side.
See also
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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Anarchists Against the Wall
Anarchists Against the Wall (AAtW; ) sometimes called "Anarchists Against Fences" or "Jews Against Ghettos", was a direct action group composed of Israeli anarchists and anti-authoritarians who opposed the construction of the Israeli West Bank ...
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Arab–Israeli conflict
The Arab–Israeli conflict is a geopolitical phenomenon involving military conflicts and a variety of disputes between Israel and many Arab world, Arab countries. It is largely rooted in the historically supportive stance of the Arab League ...
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Machsom Watch
Machsom Watch, or Checkpoint Watch, is a human rights organization of Israeli women who monitor and document the conduct of soldiers and policemen at checkpoints in the West Bank.
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Yesh Din
Yesh Din (; transcribed into ), full name Yesh Din: Volunteers for Human Rights, is an Israeli organization working in Israel and in the West Bank. The organization was founded in 2005 by a group of women who previously worked with the organizat ...
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Shovrim Shtika (Breaking the Silence)
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Machsom Watch
Machsom Watch, or Checkpoint Watch, is a human rights organization of Israeli women who monitor and document the conduct of soldiers and policemen at checkpoints in the West Bank.
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Rabbis for Human Rights
Rabbis for Human Rights is an Israeli human rights organization that describes itself as "the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights".
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The Jerusalem Fund
The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C. It focuses on educational and humanitarian work on behalf of Palestinians, particularly those living in the O ...
References
External links
Bat Shalom websiteMarcaz al-Quds la l-Nissah – Jerusalem Center For Women website
Feminism in the Arab world
Feminism in Palestine
Human rights organizations based in Israel
Jewish anti-occupation groups
Jewish feminism
Organizations involved in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Political organizations based in Israel
Women's organizations based in Israel
Feminist organizations in Israel
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