Vivian Silver, right, with Ariella Giniger at March for Peace, in Jerusalem, on Oct. 4, 2023.
Courtesy Tamar Matsafi—Women Wage Peaceo those who know her, it is a painful irony that Vivian Silver, 74, was kidnapped by Hamas and apparently taken into the Gaza Strip. Diminutive, her gray hair cropped short, she is known among activists in Israel and abroad for her seemingly never-ending energy, commitment, and creative efforts to promote peace with Palestinians and equality between Jews and Arabs within Israel.
In 2000, she founded the Arab-Jewish Center for Empowerment, Equality, and Cooperation , which is composed of joint teams of Arabs and Jews working to create a shared, equal society. For over a decade, she co-directed AJEEC-NISPED with Kher Albaz, a resident of the Bedouin town, Tel Sheva."It has been a privilege and an honor to work with Vivian," says Albaz."She embodies true morality and belief in human equality, not as slogans but in the way she lives her everyday life.
Silver retired a few years ago, but remained active, including in Road to Recovery, an Israeli NGO that enlists Israeli volunteers to drive Palestinian patients who require medical treatment from the border to Israeli hospitals. Most prominently, she was also a founding member of the Israeli-Palestinian Women Wage Peace movement, established in late 2014.
On Oct. 4, just days before her kidnapping, Silver helped to organize, together with WWP's sister Palestinian movement, Women of the Sun,"The Mother's Call," an annual event that rallies hundreds of Israeli, Palestinian and international women and activists in support of a peaceful future for Israel and Palestine. Says Admi,"The event succeeded beyond even our expectations, and Vivian was so happy. There was so much positive energy for peace.
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