Ruth Peri | Is Peace Possible in The Middle East?
01/20/22 • 55 min
Ruth Peri was born and raised in a small town in Bulgaria, close to the Romanian border. She lived in Berlin and eventually moved to Israel 8 years ago. In Tel Aviv, her roommate invited a guest over for dinner one night and that is how Ruth came into contact with Muhammed from Ramallah in the West Bank. This encounter inspired her to participate in the work of local NGOs and she discovered the commonalities of Jews and Arabs coexisting in Israel. During a visit back home in Bulgaria, Ruth was arrested and jailed for trying to help a refugee that had fled the oppressing forces of the Hamas in Gaza. Two years ago Ruth then co-founded HOLY LOCAL ALIENS, which is an organization and community that brings people of different backgrounds together that usually don’t have the chance to interact.
We are discussing the continuous conflict between Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, which most recently has amounted to an unprecedented amount of missiles being fired towards Israel in May of last year.
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Ruth Peri was born and raised in a small town in Bulgaria, close to the Romanian border. She lived in Berlin and eventually moved to Israel 8 years ago. In Tel Aviv, her roommate invited a guest over for dinner one night and that is how Ruth came into contact with Muhammed from Ramallah in the West Bank. This encounter inspired her to participate in the work of local NGOs and she discovered the commonalities of Jews and Arabs coexisting in Israel. During a visit back home in Bulgaria, Ruth was arrested and jailed for trying to help a refugee that had fled the oppressing forces of the Hamas in Gaza. Two years ago Ruth then co-founded HOLY LOCAL ALIENS, which is an organization and community that brings people of different backgrounds together that usually don’t have the chance to interact.
We are discussing the continuous conflict between Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, which most recently has amounted to an unprecedented amount of missiles being fired towards Israel in May of last year.
Find Ruth Peri and Holy Local Aliens on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/holylocalaliens and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/holylocalaliens/
Subscribe to The Upfront Podcast! You can find us on Instagram, on Facebook, and on our website.
Join the conversation and leave us your comments, remarks, and opinions on our Instagram or Facebook. Please subscribe and leave a review, which helps the podcast reach even more people.
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