Blossoms on the Olive Tree is an American woman's account of work
that Israeli and Palestinian women are doing to educate themselves
and their societies about militarization, human rights, women's
rights, and the democratic process. The book highlights women on
both sides of the political divide who reach out to each other,
engage in bi-national dialogue, and challenge ongoing violence.
Blossoms on the Olive Tree is an American woman's account of work
that Israeli and Palestinian women are doing to educate themselves
and their societies about militarization, human rights, women's
rights, and the democratic process. The book highlights women on
both sides of the political divide who reach out to each other,
engage in bi-national dialogue, and challenge ongoing violence.
Despite severe societal restraints in carving out political space
for themselves, women in both societies have devised creative
opportunities. Powers documents the women's working committees
attached to Palestinian political parties and the creativity of
Israeli women striving to civil-ize their society. Ironically, it
is their marginalization that offers women space to engage in their
peace-building efforts. The book ends with a clarion call for the
implementation of UN Resolution 1325, which requires the presences
of women at the highest levels of peace negotiations. Women, with
their commitment to reconciliation and healing, bring a significant
vision to the enterprise of peace-building, and Powers suggests
that it's high time they be taken seriously. In the course of
researching this book, Powers stayed in Jewish homes, Muslim homes,
and Christian homes, observing women going about their daily tasks.
She shared Shabbat dinners and Christmas dinners, Muslim family
celebrations, herbal tea and Arab coffee, benefiting from
extraordinary hospitality, and learning that Israeli and
Palestinian are more alike than they are different. Like women
everywhere, Jewish and Arab women care deeply for their children,
put up with anger and abuse from their husbands, and try to
negotiate a path between societal expectations and personal
convictions. Virtually all of them yearn to live in peace, to raise
their families without fear, and to enjoy the small pleasures of
life without anxiety for the future. These are their stories, and
they impart a measure of humanity to the occupation, the Separation
Wall, and living with the fear of suicide bombings that is
difficult to glean from nightly news reports. Most important, these
remarkable women are succeeding in changing from within the way in
which their own societies think about themselves.
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