Down to Egypt

Initiative Type:

project
Location:

Castelo de Vide, Portugal
Start Date:

2011-11-01 00:00Z
End Date:

2014-09-21 00:00Z
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Peace walk

A peace walk from Castelo de Vide, Portugal, to Cairo, Egypt; through Morocco, Southern Europe, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, to arrive in Cairo in support of Masterpeace.

I am carrying two petitions with me which I hope to deliver in the Middle East. One is addressed to the Yesha Council, which oversees Israeli settlements in Palestinian Territory, asking them to stop building settlements and to recognize the Palestinians as an autonomous people. The other petition is addressed to Hamas, asking it to change its strategy from violent to non-violent resistance, and to recognizze the state of Israel.

While I am prepared to walk alone, I invite you to walk with me, for an hour, or for the entire journey.

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Students of Peace, and Suggestions for a Peace Walk

I'm in Castellon de la Plana, Spain, where the university offers a Master's degree in Peace and Conflict Resolution. I'm staying with students in the program whom I hope will teach me a thing or two about peacebuilding! Meanwhile, I am looking for suggestions on how to coordinate with other peace initiatives for a day's peace walk in Barcelona in three week's time. Any ideas?

2012-04-10 09:36Z

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If we are true to our humanity...

'Persist in the active pusuit of what is right and good, without thinking too much about the immediate results. Above all, don't underestimate the intrinsic force of a moral act. If we are true to our humanity, each such action, however small, changes the world.'
from David Shulman's 'Salt March to the Dead Sea: Gandhi's Palestinian reincarnation'

2011-10-03 09:29Z

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Setting off

I'm setting off with my daughter on Tuesday, the first of November, from Portalegre, Portugal.
I'll be carrying two petitions with me, which I hope to deliver, first to Khaled Mashaal, of Hamas, asking to renounce violence, and to use non-violent resistance; secondly to Dani Dayan, of the Yesha Council, asking to stop the building of settlements in Palestinian territory, and to recognize the autonomy of the Palestinian people.

2011-10-25 11:02Z

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