Miodowik, who lives in Jaffa, became active in Four Mothers after meeting Linda Ben-Zvi while teaching alongside her at Tel Aviv University. When I joined the group, the concept of withdrawing from the security zone was quite a revolutionary thought. Griver noted that in recent demonstrations, she has observed a much more supportive response from the public. I hope there are still many more people who would join us. Miodowik is skeptical about this.
Israeli society is still very, very conservative.
All the women cite the fact of the founders and leaders of the group being not only the mothers of soldiers but living on the country's northern border as helping to give their group a moral authority they wouldn't otherwise possess. Nor are they all mothers, she stresses. Besides, we wanted to honor the founders of the group.