Vid Klagomuren, Jerusalem. Foto: T.N. |
"Israeli settlers distributed hundreds of loaves of bread to needy Palestinians on Monday, combining the religious edict of discarding leavened bread ahead of Passover and sending a message of peace to their Palestinian neighbors.
For the third year in a row, members of the Eretz Shalom movement — inspired by the late Rabbi Menachem Froman — collected food products forbidden for consumption on Passover in six distribution points across the West Bank and distributed them to nearby Palestinian communities as part of an initiative called “goodbye to Chametz” (unleavened bread)."
Det sägs vara tredje året i rad man ägnar sig åt denna "goodwill"-politik.Tidningen har talat med en palestinier som tagit emot brödgåvan:
Det finns förstås många judar och palestinier som vill gå en annan väg än konfrontationens och krigets. Jag undrar om inte den senaste månadens händelser, som bland annat inkluderar president Obamas besök, har givit dessa människor en liten smula råg i ryggen. För alldeles lätt är det inte att hitta ljuspunkterna i denna världens svåraste konflikt. Brödgåvor har ju också en besynnerligt stark symbolisk sida."Shawkat Abu-Ras, 36, a peace activist and resident of the Palestinian village of Sawiyah, 48 kilometers (29 miles) north of Jerusalem, received the bread from Fried and distributed it among the needy families of his village. He told The Times of Israel that he hoped such initiatives would improve relations between Jews and Arabs. “Enough blood has been spilled between our peoples,” Abu-Ras said. “We should donate our blood instead to the sick in hospitals. We should give our blood with love.”
Det lär vara brödbrist som var en av de utlösande orsakerna till den Franska Revolutionen.
SvaraRaderaFast inte bakelsebrist då.
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