Interfaith women’s group marches for an Israel-Palestine peace agreement
Of the 4,000 women gathered at the Qasr el Yahud baptism site in the Jordan River Valley, many wore white T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Women Wage Peace” in Hebrew, English, and Arabic.
An Israeli in a sleeveless white tunic embraced an elderly Palestinian in a black hijab, as the gathering swayed to the beat of doumbek drums and tambourines and chanted: “Hey Ya, women walk for peace!”
A little later they marched down to the banks of the Jordan River and sat on the ground. Liberian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee, a Lutheran who previously worked for her church’s Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Program, stepped up to a microphone.
