Episode 16: Women Wage Peace

Are women the key to peace in the Middle East? In this episode, we hear voices from Women Wage Peace, a powerful new movement in Israel demanding peace with the Palestinians—and insisting on women's place at the negotiating table. Uniting women from across the country and across the political spectrum, the movement hopes that it can solve the country’s most intractable issues. As one member says: "There are a lot of problems that only women can solve."

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Released October 19, 2017

A march in Israel led by Women Wage Peace. Photo by Ariane Littman; courtesy of Women Wage Peace.
The Women Wage Peace movement marching through the Israeli desert. Photo by Ariane Littman; courtesy of Women Wage Peace.
Members of Women Wage Peace at Israel's Parliament, the Knesset, in July 2017. The women, including Marie-Lynn Smadja and Suzanne Aded El Kader (both pictured), met with members of Knesset and female foreign ambassadors. Photo by Ned Lazarus.
Can We Talk? Host & Producer Nahanni Rous interviews activist Suzanne Aded El Khader about Women Wage Peace. Photo by Ned Lazarus.
Can We Talk? Host & Producer Nahanni Rous interviews Marie-Lyne Smadja about Women Wage Peace. Photo by Ned Lazarus.
Women Wage Peace activist Yahaloma Zchut at the Resilience Center in Ofakim, where she is the coordinator. Photo by Ned Lazarus.