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* [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. |
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Revision as of 04:53, 12 May 2011
The Coalition of Women for a Just Peace is an umbrella organization of women's groups in Israel, established in November 2000. It is often referred to as "Coalition of Women for Peace" or CWP. It describes itself as "a feminist organization against the occupation of Palestine and for a just peace."[1]. CWP says that it is "committed to ending the occupation and creating a more just society, while enhancing women’s inclusion and participation in the public discourse".[1] Many of the member groups of the coalition are broader social justice groups rather than single-issue anti-occupation groups. Around the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, they brought together several demonstrations of approximately 5,000 people and mobilized thousands to public protests against the Second Lebanon War (2006) and the War on Gaza (2008-9).
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.
However, due to political developments on the ground and profound changes in the political discourse and practices of resistance around the Israeli occupation, the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace has engaged in re-evaluation of these principles. The aim of this ideological-political process is to agree on new principles which would reflect more accurately the political identity and the every-day political struggles of the Coalition.
The groups that founded the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace are Machsom Watch, Noga Feminist Journal, Women in Black, The Fifth Mother, TANDI, Bat Shalom, New Profile and NELED.
References
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External links
- Coalition of Women for a Just Peace - official site
- Statement from Coalition of Women for a Just Peace. Source for the nine-point statement of principles. Accessed 19 Jan 2006.
- Katz, Sue, What's Left of the Left in Israel, Z Magazine, December 2004, 16-19.
- Coalition for Women for a Just Peace - The groups making up the coalition, their principles, vision for peace, and activities
- 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
- ^ a b "About CWP". Coalition of Women for a Just Peace. Retrieved 12 May 2011.