- Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
The Coalition of Women for a Just Peace is an umbrella organization of women's groups in
Israel , established in November 2000. They call on the Israeli government to end the occupation of thePalestinian territories . Many of the member groups of the coalition are broader social justice groups rather than single-issue anti-occupation groups. Around the start of theAl-Aqsa Intifada , they brought together several demonstrations of approximately 5,000 people. However, according to anti-occupation activistDalit Baum , by late 2004 their rallies were typically down to about 400 participants.The Coalition came to an agreement on their principles for solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a meeting of the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace in Nazareth on
29 November 2000 . They are as follows:# An end to the occupation.
# Establishment of the state of Palestine side by side with the state of Israel based on the 1967 borders.
# Recognition of Jerusalem as the shared capital of two states.
# Israel must recognize its responsibility for the results of the 1948 war, and find a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem.
# Opposition to the militarism that permeates Israeli society.
# Equality, inclusion and justice for Palestinian citizens of Israel.
# Equal rights for women and for all residents of Israel.
# The full involvement of women in negotiations for peace.
# Social and economic justice for Israel's citizens, and integration in the region.The groups that founded the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace are
Machsom Watch ,Nogoy , "Feminist Journal ",Women in Black ,The Fifth Mother ,TANDI ,Bat Shalom ,New Profile andNELED .References
* [http://coalitionofwomen.org/home Coalition of Women for a Just Peace] - official site
* [http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/isstate.htm Statement from Coalition of Women for a Just Peace.] Source for the nine-point statement of principles. Accessed 19 Jan 2006.
* Katz, Sue, [http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Dec2004/katz1204.html What's Left of the Left in Israel] , "Z" Magazine, December 2004, 16-19.
* [http://www.fire.or.cr/junio01/coalition.htm Coalition for Women for a Just Peace] - The groups making up the coalition, their principles, vision for peace, and activities
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565 Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: Media & the Israel-Palestine Conflict] , Directed by Sut Jhally and Bathsheba Ratzkoff (2003) quotes Gila Svirsky of Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
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