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Hometown:: Haifa

Relationship Status:: Married

My personal story:: I'm a family physician from Haifa, Israel. I work in a small group practice, and am also involved in teaching medical students and residents in Family Medicine. My specific field of interest in medicine is medical ethics. I did some research about it, and teach it to family physicians. I am also a member of 2 ethics commitees - of the Israeali medical association and of Maccabe health services. I am married to Michal and we have 4 children. My 2 elder kids had serious problems in ajusting to serving in the Israeli army, and finally were put off service for medical reasons. This changed my whole belief system in the army and what it stands for.

Why I want peace:: So many people believe that war is a must and that nothing can be done to prevent it. Only if more and more people will join the peace process from both sides, we will be able to force our governemnts to bring peace to this part of the world

Interests and activities:: photography

How I found mepeace.org:: e-mail from peace organization

What I want to achieve here:: be in touch with other people from all over the world who are interested in peace in general, and peace in the ME especialy

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At 11:02pm 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 12:51am on October 8, 2007, Eveline Maria Smith said…: Hello Amos, Blessings of all things good always in all ways with love, gratitude, respect and peace, Eveline Maria

At 3:52pm on August 25, 2007, Eyal Raviv said…: Hi Amos, great! Thanks for letting me know. And edit your profile so we can know more about you.

Eyal :-)