Yudith Levin

Born in Ein Vered, 1949
Lives and works in Ein Vered

Yudith Levin has long been an active member of Machsom (Checkpoint) Watch. The paintings included in the exhibition are a tribute to a woman and a girl who have impacted her.


Haneen Zoabi

Born in Nazareth, 1969
Lives in Nazareth

Haneen Zoabi, a representative of the Balad party in the 18th and 19th Knesset, is the first woman MK representing an Arab party. She holds a BA in philosophy and psychology from the University of Haifa, and an MA in communications and journalism from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Her political aspirations include establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip alongside a postnational "state for all its citizens" within the 1967 borders, and she views Zionism as a racist ideology. In May 2010, Zoabi participated in the Gaza-bound flotilla, alongside pro-Palestinian activists from around the world, on board the ship Mavi Marmara.


Abir Aramin

1997 - 2007
Anata, Palestine

Abir Aramin, aged 10, was killed on January 16, 2007, by Israeli border policemen while she was buying candy after leaving her school in the village of Anata, in the vicinity of Jerusalem. The police investigation of the killing was closed due to insufficient evidence. In 2010, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that there was a basis for the claim that Aramin's death was caused by the shooting on the street. By that time, however, the failures that had marked the investigative process as a whole made it impossible to put the border policemen involved in the event on trial. That same year, the Jerusalem District Court ruled, in a civil case, that Aramin was killed by a rubber bullet shot by border policemen - shooting that was due either to negligence or to violation of the rules of engagement, and was entirely unjustified. The court ruled that the State was responsible for the shooting, and ordered it to compensate for the loss suffered.