Israelis, Palestinians plant trees together
+ U.K. Muslims, Jews talk, listen, learn
Sunday, 04 February 2007
We are between two worlds -- an old world
that is dying but not yet dead, and a new world that is conceived but not yet
born.
Headlines of traditional news sources prefer human
failures of old thinking and acting.
Yet, there also very different
stories of people birthing the new world.
LISTEN to new life at the days-old, inspiring
RADIO SALAAM SHALOM in the U.K., at:
HEAR one of the first songs they broadcast
-- "Spring Has Come. . .a new beginning" at:
READ how a U.K. Jewish school welcomes
Muslim students to learn together, while honoring the faith tradition and
identities of each.
Published The
Independent (
The Jewish school where half the
pupils are Muslim
http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/article2201860.ece
In
the
150 Israelis with 150 Palestinians.
Planting over 1,000 trees.
Seeding relationships and authentic
hope.
Respecting Earth and each other.
In the Spring of new
relationships.
Creating new stories for the new
world being born this very moment.
Published in Ha'aretz -- Saturday,
03 February 2007
Hundreds take part in joint Israeli-Palestinian
tree planting
By Eli Asheknazi, Haaretz
Correspondent
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/821309.html
Over 150 Israelis and 150 Palestinians planted nearly
1,200 olive trees on Friday next to the West Bank village of Salam, near Nablus.
The ceremony took part under the slogan,
"planting solidarity between Israeli and Palestinian farmers." The
trees were planted in an area where hundreds of trees had been uprooted or cut
down in recent years, many of them by Israeli settlers living nearby.
The plantings were carried out by initiative of the
kibbutz movement under the leadership of Yoel Marshak. According to organizers, "In honor of the
Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat
we want to send a message of solidarity between Israeli and Palestinian
farmers, and to emphasize the importance of the rule of law."
MK Michael Melchior (Labor)
took part in the planting, as did members of the New Israel Fund and members of
the Rabbis for Human Rights movement.
"There was no political or partisan nature to
this initiative," Marshak said. "Our
message is that from farmer to farmer, wherever a man goes hungry, we will be
there," he added.
On Sunday, the kibbutz movement will launch a cooperative
endeavor at the textile cooperative area in Mitzpe
Ramon. Area youths performing national service will take part in the operation.