Jessica Montell - Israel

Jessica Montell, a mother of three young children, lives in Jerusalem where she works as executive director of B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. B'Tselem aims to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that its government protects the human rights of residents there.

In this three-minute interview, Jessica Montell highlights the problem of movement, the rights to go from one place to another.

She tells the story of an 11-year old girl who had appendicitis in the middle of the night. Her father tried for two days to take her to the hospital, which was very close, but he wasn't able to receive the permission. She died.

That's when Jessica Montell realized that what should be a 15 minute ride can sometimes take hours or may not even happen.

As for the future... Her two boys will be 18 in 2020, and they will be drafted in the military.