As a person committed to human rights and international law and the right of self-determination, I would like to see the occupation end. And then it is up to the Palestinians themselves to decide what they want.

To enable consensus politics to develop we need to empower people where they live. This means devolving financial resources and political power down to the community level. One of the greatest blocks to movement is fear. This fear can only be removed when people feel their voices are being heard by government and when they have a say in their own lives and communities.

The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war.

I believe passionately in the power of people.

If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence, here and now, in the present.

It's okay to be scared, but fear is different. Fear is when we let being scared prevent us from doing what love requires of us.

We reject the way the world is at the moment and we don't accept nuclear weapons