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Hometown:: Tel aviv

Relationship Status:: Single

My personal story:: Work as a project coordinator for "A New Way" (www.newway.org.il) which brings together kids from Arab and Jewish schools.

Volunteer in Physicians for Human Rights and active in many other organizations.

Why I want peace:: Peace - as part of promoting and teaching non violent methods of conflict resolution.

Interests and activities:: Flamenco, Yoga, Music

Something you didn't know about me:: I'm also an Arabic - Hebrew translator

How I found mepeace.org:: Eyal of course

What I want to achieve here:: Networking, exchanging ideas with people from similar fields

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At 7:31pm on May 30, 2008, Rob Schrama said…: The ‘Big Hug’ and the future of Jerusalem

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

At 1:06pm on February 14, 2008, Taissir Alayan said…: hiii ilana
how are you ??
i am from jerusalem
if u have any idea how i can help in your programs ...
telll me please

At 1:54pm on December 30, 2007, Eyal Raviv said…: Hi Ilana, it was great to see you in Yafo. Hope to see you soon again!

At 11:58pm on December 26, 2007, Jeff Rudy said…: Hello Ilana,

Please accept my invitation to be friends. I am the co-founder and Development Director for Where Peace Lives.

Where Peace Lives is a non-profit NGO dedicated to empowering children to declare the future they want to live in.

Our Kids International Peace Mural Exchange Project walks children (k-12) through a series of conflict resolution and mediation activities with art as a component.

They look at peace within, peace in family, school and community and then look at peace globally,.Then they create their vision of peace in a mural that will get internationally exchanged.

Please check out my website: www.wherepeacelives.org and my group on this site, Where Peace Lives.

Perhaps you can help me bring this project to the children participating in "A New Way."

Thank you for being someone making a difference in thsi world for all children.

Much love and peace,
Jeff
I choose peace!
www.wherepeacelives.org

At 7:55pm on December 25, 2007, Majdi Abed said…: that's cool! my number is 0546508797 or sendnow2005@yahoo.com so we can keep in touch.

At 12:12pm on December 24, 2007, Majdi Abed said…: hey!
how are you ILana? thanks for u comment, nice to hear from u again. i'm in jerusalem again this week but still waiting for a call from Hadassah to confirm my appointment, we can meet!!!

At 9:03am on December 24, 2007, Eyal Raviv said…: How are you? Are you happy at your job?

At 9:02am on December 24, 2007, Eyal Raviv said…: Ilana, welcome to mepeace.org. You have already found friends here. Make new friends. Make peace. Check out our Features. If you have a question on the site, see our FAQ. And I welcome your Feedback.