Ruth Peri Vasileva will talk about her experience of returning from Israel after migrating there in 2013, guided by Zionist ideology. Her perspective was critically reshaped through encounters and friendships with Palestinians.
She has engaged in grassroots activism as resistance to militarism and the occupation. Living for six years in the Occupied East Jerusalem, Ruth became aware of the everyday realities of the occupation, recognizing how militarization and surveillance are being normalized through imposed policy, media and public discourse, underlying the power asymmetries and inequalities.
By going through a personal transformation, activist practice, and both personal and professional insight, she ultimately argues for reclaiming security as a collective, care-centered practice, rooted in solidarity, equality, and shared participation.
Ruth Peri Vasileva is a Bulgarian-born Jewish former activist who lived in Jerusalem for over a decade, and whose perspective has been shaped by a process of political disillusionment. Ruth studied Media & Communications in Berlin.