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- Hometown:
- Oakland, CA
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- My personal story:
- Active in progressive causes since the 1960's; convinced that genuine equality in Israel / Palestine (including the right of return for refugees) is necessary for lasting peace.
- Why I want peace:
- Genuine justice is an aspiration for many people, including myself.
- Birthday:
- October 23, 1948
- Interests and activities:
- Peace with justice
- Something you didn't know about me:
- Supporter of middle east peace
- How I found mepeace.org:
- Requested to join by Jafra (Wael AlSaad)
- What I want to achieve here:
- Show support for others working for peace with justice.
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The sting of all problems between Israeli and Palestinians lays in the Old City of Jerusalem. Her status has to be solved in such a way, that all parties fighting for control over her can agree upon.
On June 24, the ‘Big Hug’ will be hold in Jerusalem. Light workers from Israel, Palestine and from all over the world, ‘Lovers of Jerusalem’, will come together to bring warmth and energy to this city, embracing holding hands the Old City. If we bundle all our positive energies and bring these to Jerusalem, we can create peace to this exceptional place.
We are organizing the Big Hug to make the people aware –especially the Israeli and Palestinian inhabitants of Jerusalem- that there is a very shaped perspective for the city of Jerusalem as a city of peace: a new, undivided Jerusalem, as the capital of Palestine, Israel and at large.
Let go of the conflict concerning her command and dedicate the city to the Omnipresent. The Old City as a whole is His Temple. To give the walled Old City free to God, as a "Status Apart”, as an independent city, will be the most feasible way to come out the current impasse.
The Old City of Jerusalem must become an open city; a House of Prayer for all the Peoples. This perspective is written down in the Holy Books, this is the perspective we, as ‘Lovers of Jerusalem’ embrace as well as solution. But how many people does already notice this hopeful point of view?
What I saw in Jerusalem and also everywhere else where I meet Islamic and Jewish people is, that not so many persons really think about a future for Jerusalem. Most of the time, they stick with old ideas that the Old City of Jerusalem will always remain a part of Israel, or in opposite, that it will be absolutely a part of a new Palestinian state, as stolen land that has to be given back. With these visions, a future Jerusalem will be a divided city with an East Palestinian and West Israeli part, with barbed wire and checkpoints in between, like the situation of the city from 1948-1967. Or, coming closer to an agreement, people suggest -like proposed in the “Geneva Accord” in 2003- to make a complicated dividing of the Old City in a Israeli and Palestinian part. That will mean that the small alleys will be split by walls and barriers too. The idea that a future Jerusalem will become a divided city, is something that we have to prevent.
There are living about 250.000 Palestinian and 500.000 Israeli rather close together in one city. Do they want to make a separation of Jerusalem in parts or do they choose, deep in their hearts, for unity? So my best friends, it is our task to inform the whole city that there is an alternative for the Jerusalem of today.
All lovers of a united Jerusalem will come together to encircle and embrace the Old City of Jerusalem with love and devotion. We have to encourage all inhabitants of Jerusalem to join the coming Big Hug, with the idea of a New Jerusalem that might be realized with their support.
Rob Schrama Phone:0031-646608660 www.loversofjerusalem.org
I was trying to post the comment bellow on the article
but without success. An error massage came always.
I agree on the logic of reverting ANKAB into strong Palestinian NAHDA (Renaissance) rather than an event of solidarity with powerless society. Looking forward for strong, enlighten ,not sad, Palestinian faces with a clear glance into the future.
Pete, if you have time pls try to answer the questions on this topic http://www.mepeace.org/forum/topic/show?id=661876%3ATopic%3A56217
But Pete, do not you think that "Israeli" need a liberation process as well? Peace can not be achieve, without get liberated from occupation-essence
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here is a good place for focused creative discussions to move forward based on accepting and understanding each others.. At the end of the day, I hope this community can come with new levels of unity, a real perspective and process for peace. It is a co-creative mission.