Image 0
Evacuees from the Gaza Envelope Evacuees

I found out that you can be broken and functioning at the same time

Personal Interview
Image 0
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem

I cannot dream or imagine the future. I even do not have the privilege to think ahead

Personal Interview
Image 0
Evacuees from the Gaza Envelope Evacuees

What troubled me most was the children – the reality of the ongoing warfare they are growing up in

Personal Interview
Image 0
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem

I live my life waiting. I wait to start living, to work and become independent

Personal Interview
Image 0
Evacuees from the Gaza Envelope Evacuees

I Don’t Know When My Sense of Safety Will Return

Personal Interview
Image 0
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem

Before they approved my family reunification, my life was like a prison

Personal Interview
Image 0
Evacuees from the Gaza Envelope Evacuees

Until today, I haven’t been to any memorial, any funeral. I just can’t

Personal Interview

All categories & Communities

  • All categories & Communities
  • Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
  • Evacuees from the Gaza Envelope Evacuees
  • Community Leaders in the Unrecognized Negev Villages of the Negev
  • Physical and Mental Harm
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Impact on Family and Community Life
  • Loss and Bereavement
  • Resilience and Creativity
  • Daily Challenges
Post image
Evacuees from the Gaza Envelope Evacuees
Personal Interview

Until today, I haven’t been to any memorial, any funeral. I just can’t

One of the first mornings at the hotel, I walked along the promenade by the hotels. I saw a woman throw down her bicycle and run toward me – a friend from Be’eri. We hugged and kissed. “I’m alive! You’re alive! All myRead more
Post image
Evacuees from the Gaza Envelope Evacuees
Personal Interview

I found out that you can be broken and functioning at the same time

Life is stronger than anything. We are committed to living these lives, and committed to rebuilding them. Otherwise, we’ll just keep reliving the trauma; it will obviously stay with us, it’s impossible not to, but we need to find a way to illuminateRead more
Post image
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
Personal Interview

Life is a school. When I first came here, I was naïve. But with more experience, I became more open

I cannot drive because I don’t have a driving license or an ID card. The residence permit does not allow me to drive or to learn to drive, and this makes life more difficult. This restricts my movement, where could my kids go?
Post image
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
Personal Interview

Before they approved my family reunification, my life was like a prison

How can you be sure that the young man I am visiting is my son, and how can you doubt that the boy present with me is not my son? They are both my sons. Neither one is registered on my identity card.
Post image
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
Personal Interview

I live my life waiting. I wait to start living, to work and become independent

My daughter was sick, and she went to the hospital she was born in; but they refused to treat her. They said, ‘she might not be your daughter’
Post image
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
Personal Interview

Just talking about this makes my heart ache. I call it ‘Via Dolorosa

You have to make a tremendous effort to make sure this issue does not overpower you, and that you are the one who is supposed to overpower it
Post image
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
Personal Interview

It is a heavy burden. A very heavy one. I did not know that all these problems would happen if I married someone from the West Bank

The fear is always present, until now, even if he obtained the residence permit, anything could change any moment. Anything could end any moment; you cannot trust them at all. They would revoke it any time. If they do, they will destroy theRead more
Post image
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
Personal Interview

I cannot dream or imagine the future. I even do not have the privilege to think ahead

We are transparent women; we are merely the guardians of our kids; we cannot practice our motherhood. Imagine the burden of responsibility that a child bears, knowing that he cannot live freely, out of fear that his mother might be taken away
Post image
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
Personal Interview

We came back to Jerusalem, but my father remained alone in the West Bank

It is as if we lost our privacy twice, the first time, in the core family, I mean that when we moved to a smaller house, we lost our privacy, and because they are all the time talking to our neighbors and largerRead more
Post image
Women without Legal Status in East Jerusalem
Personal Interview

Before the war, it was real humiliation. Now, things have become much worse

I fell in love once with a man from the West Bank. My parents told me back then that if you marry him, forget that you have parents. Their reaction was very strict because they wanted to protect me from life challenges. ItRead more

WE ARE SUPPORTED BY:

Partner icon
Partner icon
Partner icon
Partner icon
Partner icon

The content presented on this website is the sole responsibility of the Center for Women, Peace and Security and does not under any circumstances reflect the positions of the donors.

    Cancel