In January 1988, she was an inspiring co-founder of the pacifist movement Women in Black which was created to protest violations of human rights by Israeli soldiers in the new Palestinian territories, occupied since 1967.Rublev later helped to create Bat Shalom, a feminist peace movement designed to resolve the conflict by ensuring coordination between Israeli and Palestinian women.[1][2][3] Born in Israel on 9 January 1954, Hagar Rublev took an early interest in the fate of the Palestinians who lived in territories occupied by the Israelis.On 9 January 1988, she was one of eight women dressed in black who demonstrated in Paris Square, West Jerusalem against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.[1] On 22 August 2000, Hagar Rublev died unexpectedly from a heart attack while on holiday on the Greek island of Paros with her father Michel Roublev and friends, including Luisa Morgantin.
