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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil,    but because of the people who don't do anything about it

Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend "Vacation from War" Helga Dieter--July 18, 2010--ubihedi@t-online.de today I came back from our first seminar `Vacation from War` this summer where 35 young Israelis encounter 35 young Palestinians from the Westbank for two weeks under the same roof. I will send a report in the next days. For now the first point of your mail tonight reminds me on our first seminar with participants from Israel and Palestine.in 2002. A group of youngsters created the flag of an utopian state . . . They discussed the name: ISPAL or PALIS. In the end they agreed: FANTASIALAND! Today we discussed how to send greetings to Shir Regev in jail, who took part in the project `Vacation from War` in the summer 2005. His father Shulti Regev is the coordinator of the Israeli group and just now in Germany. We congratulated him for his courageous son but also tried to support him emotionally, far from his family in this difficult situation. please distribute the mail in order to make public what was possible for more than 1200 participants from Israel and Palestine since 2002. You can read the lively reports -about sucess, problems and fun in the internet. www.vacation–from-war.com We are going to raise a new fund for joint follow-up activities in Israel and Palestine after coming back home from the Vacation-from-war. (see: www.vacation–from-war.com [DN] Links to the latest articles in this section Refusing the war! Demonstration today, Thur. Apris 24, at 7.30 pm, Habima Square, Tel Aviv Refusing the war! Demonstration today, Thur. Apris 24, at 7.30 pm, Habima Square, Tel Aviv Saturday night protests: No to Netanyahu`s war!