Lovely tribute to Vivian Silver, peace activist, by her friend and colleague, Samah Salaime. [View all]

Israeli and Palestinian peace activists are mourning 74-year-old Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver after she was confirmed killed on October 7 during the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be’eri, where she lived. She was previously thought to be held hostage. Silver co-founded the Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation, sat on the board for the human rights group B’Tselem and was an active member of Women Wage Peace. Silver’s friend and colleague Samah Salaime, a Palestinian feminist activist, says Silver would have pushed for dialogue to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. “This was her legacy, and this is what we have to march for and fight for after her death.”

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/20/vivian_silver]

A transcript is forthcoming.

Sidenote - members of my family in Israel have worked with her organization, Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation, and remember her incredible energy and light. For anyone interested in this organization - https://ajeec-nisped.org.il/?page_id=17021&lang=en]