Four Mothers (Hebrew: ארבע אמהות‎‎ arba imahot; the name is in reference to the Biblical matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel ) was an Israeli protest movement which was founded in 1997 following the 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster, by four women residents of northern Israel and mothers of soldiers serving in Lebanon, with the goal of bringing about an Israeli withdrawal from the IDF's security zone in Southern Lebanon. The Four Mothers movement was able to influence Israeli public opinion, and ultimately the IDF withdrew from Southern Lebanon unilaterally.