At the end of May, a moving solidarity event was held at Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv, where for the first time, members of six groups of “Bees for Peace” from across Israel gathered. One group, however, was absent — the women of Jahalin.
Rana, a 20-year-old woman from Jabal al-Mukabbir in East Jerusalem, is married to a Jerusalem resident. On April 26, 2024, she gave birth to her first child. As a permanent resident of Jerusalem, Rana expected to receive a birth grant and child allowance from the National Insurance Institute (NII). However, when no payment arrived, her sister advised her to contact MAAN Workers Association.
“The Beduin woman is like a bee,” says Najala Suleimani, a social worker from the Zarzir Bedouin settlement in the Galilee. “All day long she walks around cleaning and at the end of the day she falls asleep half dead. Then she is asked ‘What have you done all day?’ She is just like the bee, who produces half a teaspoon of honey in a lifetime.”
Not every day do you have a cosmic experience — but that’s what happened to the women at the biodynamic beekeeping course on April 7th at the Bee Freedom Farm near Jerusalem.
Susanne B. is a 47-year-old woman, divorced with three children, one of whom is a minor (ages 20, 18, and 17). She lives in the Old City and has been working for over ten years as a seamstress in a monastery.
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In early April, a large group of Palestinian women residents of East Jerusalem, have completed a Hebrew language course held in cooperation between WAC-MAAN and Lissan Association. Lack of knowledge of Hebrew is one of the highest barriers that Palestinian women in East Jerusalem face as they aspire to improve their socio-economic situation.
