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Women In Black: 20 Years of Protest Against the Occupation |
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Written by Sergio Yahni, Alternative Information Center (AIC)
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Monday, 31 December 2007 |
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On Friday,
the 28th of December, 2007, Women in Black, an organization of Israeli
women against the occupation, commemorated 20 years of demonstrations in Paris Square in Jerusalem. Every Friday since December 1987 Women in
Black has demonstrated under the slogan “End the Occupation.”
The number
of demonstrations, which began in Jerusalem,
have spread around the country over the years, eventually growing to nearly
forty different locations. Women in Black also inspired women’s movements in
other parts of the world, including the former Yugoslavia
and Colombia.
After 20
years of grassroots struggle, the unswerving message of Women in Black is that
they will continue to demonstrate and struggle for as long as the Israeli
occupation continues.
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