Demonstrations and events In 2014, Women Wage Peace organized a train journey to Sderot in 2014, attended by a thousand women dressed in white, symbolizing peace. The following year in March 2015 before the Israel general election, members of the movement protested outside the Israel Parliament building in Jerusalem, calling for politicians to put more priority on peace talks in the general election debates. In the summer of 2015, a collective
fast was staged outside Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's
formal residence, timing their symbolic 50-day
Operation Protective Fast to coincide with the anniversary of
Operation Protective Edge in Gaza the previous year. Approximately 300 women and men participated, joining the protest in shifts. In early September, a week after the
hunger strike had concluded, four members of the movement were invited to a formal meeting with Netanyahu to discuss the possibility of renewing peace talks with Palestine. Among the speakers at the rally was
Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist and
2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for helping to end the
Second Liberian Civil War. As of May 2017, the music video had received over 3 million views on YouTube. On May 18, 2017, members of Women Wage Peace met in Tel Aviv in advance of U.S. President
Donald Trump's first visit to Israel, creating a human chain that spelled out "ready for peace". In the fall of 2017 approximately 30,000 people participated in a WWP rally in
Jerusalem's Independence Park, marking the culmination of a two-week "peace walk" that began in Sderot and traversed through Israel and the territories. The event featured thousands of Israeli and Palestinian women advocating for a peace agreement. Notable participants included
Adina Bar-Shalom, founder of an ultra-Orthodox women's college, and former MK
Shachiv Shnaan, whose son was killed in a terror attack.
Education and cultural activities The movement has continued to remain active, building pressure and awareness around the need for peaceful
conflict resolution. In March 2017, at an
International Women's Day reception in Tel Aviv, more than a dozen foreign female ambassadors pledged their support for the Women Wage Peace movement. The Israeli music network Constant Culture announced May 13, 2017 that they had created an EDM
compilation album in support of peace, with all proceeds going to Women Wage Peace.
Collaborations They have collaborated multiple times with the Palestinian organization
Women of the Sun, who have a similar objective. In late 2021 and early 2022, both groups worked together on forming a "joint platform". In March 2022, coalitions from both groups met at Neve Midbar Beach on the
Dead Sea for a peace conference. On October 4, 2023, just days before the
2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel which included the murder of the organisation's founder
Vivian Silver by Hamas militants, the two groups organized a peace march in
Jerusalem, from the
Tolerance Monument to the
Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. ==See also==