JERUSALEM: Hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli women rallied in Jerusalem and the Dead Sea in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, calling for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

`We want peace,` chanted the demonstrators, many dressed in white and holding placards that read `Stop killing our children`.

`Our message is that we want our kids to be alive rather than dead,` Huda Abu Argoub, a Palestinian activist and director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace NGO, said as participants initially rallied in Jerusalem.

`This is the first time that we have a real partnership between Israeli and Palestinian women on an equal level.` The protesters later headed to the Dead Sea in the West Bank where they were joined by more demonstrators, a correspondent reported.

The Alliance for Middle East Peace represents two women-led associations Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun that organised Wednesday`s rally.

`I feel very happy to be here and to feel that we, the Palestinian women, are not alone and there are many women who want to end the killings,` said Yasmeen Soud, a Palestinian from Bethlehem at the demonstration in Jerusalem. Pascale Chen, a coordinator from Women Wage Peace, said they wanted the conflict to brought to an end through talks.-AFP