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Interview Questions for Yana Knopova

Where are you from? Please tell me a little about yourself and how you became involved in the work you are doing now.

What made you become active in Ta'ayush?

In what way is Ta'ayush intense?

Can you think of an event that marks the end of your being a Zionist?

What is your job now?

How do you think your work contributes to building peace?

Why is it frustrating to do the administrative work?

What would you want to be doing?

Tell me about what you're doing with the Russian sector and Ahoti.

Why did you think you were alone?

Do you think having fewer mixed groups in the Coalition is a problem?

What do you think is the most vital area currently in need of investment?

And what do you think you can do now, from the point of division into groups, what power does that hold now?

What joint work can be done with Palestinians, which goals do you share? And what has to be done in separate groups?

What are your expectations from Israeli society?

Can you explain the term "Arab Jews"?

How does the Women's Coalition for Peace fit in to this process?

What do you hope for from Ahoti?

Do you think you have a role in this process?

What are the advantages to the Coalition being exclusively run by women?

How do you think your own background influences your opinions?

Do you think the Russian population is represented in peace work here?

What are the ways in which you try to approach that sector?

How does your family feel about your involvement in activities for peace?

Do you give up being part of the Russian community in order to do this work?

What bothered you in your job at the Jewish Agency?

What's the difference between the personal and public levels?

How does the conflict affect your life?

What does the word peace mean to you?

What do you think are the roots of the conflict?

Is the existence of the State of Israel important to you?