Several female mayors join the women’s and mothers’ protest in southern Israel, which began Sunday, which is calling for an end to the Gaza war and the return of all Israeli hostages.
They are Michal Uziyahu of the Eshkol Regional Authority near the Gaza border, Shlomit Shichor Reichman of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council in the north, and, from the center of the country, Rotem Yadlin of the Gezer Regional Authority, Galit Shaul of the Emek Hefer Regional Council, and Keren Green of the local council in Kadima-Zoran.
Later today, a march is planned to a site memorializing female soldiers killed at the Nahal Oz army base on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists overran the base. Among those who have said they will join are Eran Etzion, a former head of policy planning at the Foreign Ministry and former deputy head of the National Security Council in the Prime Minister’s Office; former education minister Yuli Tamir; and a retired judge, Sarah Habib.
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