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    Breaking barriers, Arab-Israeli women join movement to 'wage peace'

    Oct 24, 2017 4 minutes

    Sitting in the corner of a café in this compact Mediterranean port that is home to both Jews and Arabs, Ghadir Hani describes her frustration with the inertia of Israeli and Palestinian political leaders that led her to become a peace activist.

    Nearby, against a backdrop of minarets and stone walls, fishing boats bob in Akko’s ancient harbor, which has borne witness to wars and battles from the time of the Romans, Crusaders, and Napoleon, and up to the 1948 Middle East conflict around the founding of the modern Jewish state of Israel.

    “I was born in Akko, a mixed city, and I grew up on the values of accepting others,” she says. “We are all human beings.

    10,000 women marchOne woman's protest, joined'We will not rest'

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