Email WAO ArticlesYour Name: Send to E-Mail Address: Notes: PRINCIPLES OF THE COALITION We Jewish and Palestinian women, citizens of Israel representatives of various women’s organizations and individuals have agreed to coordinate and organize joint activities in order to work together for a just peace based on the following principles: An end to the occupation. The full involvement of women in negotiations for peace. Establishment of the state of Palestinian side by side with the state of Israel based on the 1967 borders. The recognition of Jerusalem as the shared capital of two states. Israel must recognize its share of responsibility for the results of the 1948 war, and cooperating in finding a just solution for the Palestinian refugees. Equality, inclusion and justice for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Opposition to the militarism that permeates Israeli society. Equal rights for women and all residents of Israel. Social and economic justice for Israel’s citizens and integration in the region. THE VISION OF PEACE OF THE COALITION The Coalition of Women for a just peace believes that the occupation must stop, and that Israel must retreat to the 1967 borders. The Coalition also believes that: The militarism, which permeates Israeli society, must also come to an end. As long as the governments of Israel continue to be dominated by generals and a belief in violence as a political strategy, we will never get to peace. To end the conflict we must resolve problems through wisdom, not force; through compromise based on an understanding of the plight of the nations in the region. A just peace includes a future of cooperation between Palestine and Israel, and an equitable sharing of resources with all states in the region. The vision of peace is indivisible from the vision of justice and equality. We seek to instill all three principles into all aspects of Israeli society.
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