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5763: Articles posted from September 2002-September 2003 Get the real situation in Israel every day.
"The choice is either non-violence or non-existence"In the aftermath of the Oct. 13th violence, the inhabitants of Um-El Fahem may well be lost for words, when early next month some 500 non-violence-activists are expected to walk through the town in complete silence. "The walk", an apolitical Arab-Israeli peace movement, began in April this year. Now, for the third time, its members will walk the earth in peace, in single file, wearing white sashes and carrying a message of healing. With greater numbers than ever, and with an array of acclaimed artists and thinkers joining in, the "walk", which is now becoming a genuine movement. Inspired by ancient eastern traditions, walking in silence has caught up as a new form of protest globally. As one of the walk’s founders, Dr. Stephen Fulder defined it in London's Jewish Chronicle, (March 29 2002): "This is a call for sanity and for individuals to come back to themselves and to realise that peace is possible." One of the highlights of the walk is expected on Sunday, Nov. 3rd - when Jewish and Palestinian artists and writers will join the silent walk in Um-El Fahem and meet up with the mayor. Later in the day, the father of Omri Goldin, who was killed in Meron Junction bus bombing, will meet with some families of the October 2000 riots’ victims. The words of Vietnamese peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, expressed following the Sep. 11 tragedy, seem to resonate the spirit and objective of the walk: "Terror is in the human heart ... its root cannot be located by the military. Bombs and missiles cannot reach it, let alone destroy it. Only with the practice of calming and looking deeply can our insight reveal and identify this root. Only with the practice of deep listening and compassion can it be transformed and removed. Darkness cannot be dissipated with more darkness ... Those of us who have the light should display the light and offer it so that the world will not sink into total darkness." For more Info: http://www.middleway.org or call Ron Cohen: 591073-053
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