Middle East Peace Walk
When war broke out in 2006 between the Israeli military and Hezbollah forces out of Lebanon, Walk About Love founder Rea Pasternak was backpacking in Australia. Having just finished his own service in the Israeli Military, and finding himself surrounded by a close group of travelers from around the world, Pasternak was struck by the parallel between soldiers on a “journey of war” and backpackers who were exploring the world in the spirit of peace. A "Walk About," he learned, is an expression used by Australian aboriginals to describe a walking meditation in search of solutions. That's how Walk About Love 2009 was born.
The Walk is a non-profit, non-political movement that invites visionary travelers, groups, organizations, families, and anyone else, to walk across Israel as ambassadors for global peace, understanding and coexistence. The journey begins on February 26th, 2009 at the Red Sea Hamigdalor Beach and will follow the Israel National Trail from the Egyptian to Lebanese border.
Along the trail, participants are encouraged to clean the land, plant community gardens, participate in circus and performance activities, volunteer for social programs, and visit retirement homes to share life stories with Israel’s elderly. Walk About Love trekkers will walk for three months, from March 1st until May 30th, and will be treated to twelve full days of rest and three festival days.
To register for the Walk or to make a donation to the organization, visit www.walkaboutlove.org
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A Question to Clarity
I wholeheartedly agree with pushing for actions to end the violence between Israelies and Palestinians but there is something in your post that concerns me.
"Another slow motion holocaust has been happening in Palestine since the end of WWII, by those who falsely claim to have been the victims of holocaust. "
Perhaps I'm misreading this but it seems that you are saying Jewish people were not victims of the holocaust. I hope this isn't what you are arguing as it is fairly well documented that approximately 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazi regime and their collaborators, not to mention the systematic murder of gypsies, homosexuals, communists, disidents, Jehova Witnesses, and more.
To call for an end of violence in Israel and Palestine is a noble thing but I certainly hope you are not implying that the holocaust never happened. Perhaps this is a question of semantics in the way you've stated that line and I'm misreading it, and that you meant something different.
London 'walk' for peace..
Stop the massacre..
A national emergency demonstration has been called for Saturday 3 January by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War, British Muslim Initiative, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and many other organisations, assembling at 12.30pm at Embankment WC2
DEMO UPDATES: http://www.stopwar.org.uk