Interviewed in 2005
Israeli Jewish Born in 1958 Lives in Rishon Letzion Profession: Salesperson, fashion designer Works at The Olive Tree Movement, Humans Without Borders Interviewed by: Nahanni Rous and Leora Gal
Yafit Gamila Biso immigrated to Israel from Syria in 1985. She is active in many joint Israeli-Palestinian peace and human rights groups, including Ta'ayush, Windows, and her own organization, the Olive Tree Movement. Her activities include being a translator and contact person for Palestinian children and families getting treatment in Israeli hospitals, organizing humanitarian aid for Palestinian children in the West Bank, and assisting Palestinians with the olive harvest. She is known interchangeably by her two first names, with mean "beautiful" in Hebrew and Arabic, respectively.