Bat Shalom

Bat Shalom

"In 1989, a meeting was convened in Brussels between prominent Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists. The meeting initiated an on-going dialogue that in 1994 resulted in the establishment of The Jerusalem Link comprising two women's organizations—Bat Shalom on the Israeli side, and the Jerusalem Center for Women on the Palestinian side. The two organizations share a set of political principles, which serve as the foundation for a cooperative model of co-existence between our respective peoples.

"Bat Shalom is an Israeli national feminist grassroots organization of Jewish and Palestinian Israeli women working together for a genuine peace grounded in a just resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict, respect for human rights, and an equal voice for Jewish and Arab women within Israeli society.

"Bat Shalom North was formed in 1993, by Jewish and Palestinian women from the kibbutzim, moshavim, villages and towns in the region of northern Israel known as Megiddo, Nazareth and the Valleys. The group identified the need to work together toward full equality of rights between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel."

People
Accessed October 2007:

Staff

 * Molly Malekar - Director
 * Maya Frankforter - Office Manager
 * Keren Assaf
 * Najat Rabbi Zahalka
 * Neta Rotem - Political Coordinator

Directors

 * Shulamit Aloni
 * Colette Avital
 * Itaf Awad
 * Khulud Badawi
 * Naomi Chazan
 * Yael Dayan
 * Nava Eisin
 * Ruth El-Raz
 * Nava Elyashar
 * Amira Gelblum
 * Edna Gluckman
 * Galia Golan
 * Tamar Gozansky
 * Tally Gur
 * Rola Hamed ( Abu-Zaid )
 * Ravit Hanan-El
 * Meira Hanson
 * Hussniya Jabara
 * Debby Lerman
 * Arabiya Mansur
 * Anat Maor
 * Raya Rotem
 * Aida Shibli
 * Aliyah Strauss
 * Judi Widetzky

Former Staff

 * Lily Traubmann - Political Coordinator
 * Yehudit Zaidenberg - Program Coordinator
 * Aishe Sidawi - Activist
 * Nisreen Mazawi - Program Coordinator
 * Jessica Nevo - Fundraiser
 * Manal Massalha - Political Coordinator
 * Gila Svirsky - former director
 * Hagar Roublev - former political coordinator
 * Gina Benevento - former public relations coordinator
 * Terry Greenblatt - former director
 * Ruthie Elbilya-Finnegan - former office manager
 * Nahala Assad - former program coordinator
 * Gali Gold - former spokesperson
 * Orit Berman - former office manager
 * Daphna Golan - former director

Contact

 * Web: http://www.batshalom.org

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 * Terry Greenblatt