Seeking Peace in Palestine

Hedy Epstein standing between Jeff Halper and Salim Shawamreh in front of an Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition mural. The Shawamreh home was demolished by Israeli authorities several times for building without a permit on land they owned. Building permit applications were routinely denied. Anata, West Bank, December 2003.

Hedy Epstein holding a sign "USA Jew Against Occupation" participating in a Women in Black Demonstration. Jerusalem, 2003

Hedy Epstein participating in a Women in Black Demonstration. Jerusalem, December 2003

Hedy Epstein standing in front of the 25' concrete separation wall in Qalqilya West Bank. Hedy looks very small compared to the full height of the wall. There is graffiti and a large Palestinian flag painted on the wall.

Hedy Epstein at the Qalqilya separation wall. December, 2003.

Hedy Epstein in a brown winter coat and gray woolen cap sitting around a fire with Palestinian farmers. The separation fence is in the background. The farmers are waiting to see if the gate will be opened by Israeli soldiers so they can access their agricultural fields.

Hedy with Palestinian farmers. The separation fence is in the background. The farmers are waiting to see if the gate will be opened by Israeli soldiers so the farmers could access their agricultural fields located on the other side of the barrier. Jayyous, West Bank, December, 2003

Hedy Epstein standing with a sign that says "Yes to Peace No to Settlements" during a demonstration against the occupation of Palestine.

Hedy Epstein at a demonstration in the occupied West Bank near one of the large settlement communities. December 2003.

Hedy Epstein seated with a group of boys and young men and her travel companions in front of the 25' concrete separation wall in Qalqilya, West Bank

Hedy Epstein with travel companions and boys from the village in Qalqilya, West Bank, December 2003

Hedy Epstein in a brown winter coat and scarf with hands in her pockets standing in front of the 25' concrete separation wall in Qalqilya, West Bank. The wall is covered with graffiti, Tear Down This Wall, Free Palestine.

Hedy Epstein stands in front of the separation wall in Qalqilya, West Bank, Palestine, December 2003

Hedy Epstein at the Memorial for the Deportation of Jews from France where she found the images of the Nazi documentation of her parents deportation to Auschwitz. Near the city of Beit Shemesh, Israel, December, 2003.

Hedy Epstein smiling as The Audacity of Hope leaves port as part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Greece, 2011.

Hedy Epstein in a gray baseball cap with WCA printed in red, a blue button up shirt, and a red bandana across her nose and mouth. She is holding a spent tear gas container.

Hedy Epstein protesting in the West Bank village of Bil'in. She is wearing a bandana across her nose and mouth because tear gas and sound bombs were dispersed by the Israeli military. Hedy joined their weekly vigil against the separation wall. 2004

Hedy Epstein seated between two women with a crowd behind, fist raised, wearing a sign that says "Hunger Strike for Gaza."

Hedy Epstein with friends in Cairo, Egypt protesting the Egyptian government's decision to block the Gaza Freedom Marchers from entering Gaza through the Rafah Gate. 2009

Hedy Epstein standing in Bil'in, a village in the West Bank. An Israeli soldier is to her side and another is behind her. Palestinian women from the village are behind the soldiers.

Hedy Epstein joined women from Bil'in to protest the construction of the separation wall. Occupied West Bank, 2004.