Sami's Story
Palestine Monitor | 07.12.2009 13:57 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Palestine | World
Peace activism is growing inside Israel. The stalwarts of BT’Selem and Parents Circle have been joined by a new generation that seeks to engage with Palestinians, on a social level as well as political. Groups like Sulha preach tolerance through integration, encouraging Palestinians to take part in their events inside Israel and securing permits for them.
Sami, 23, from Al-Essawaya village near Nablus, has always believed in peaceful coexistence with Israelis.
"I worked for six years inside Israel", he tells me, "just in supermarkets, any work I could find. Me and my friends would jump over the wall at Qalandyia because we were not allowed to pass through." He describes himself as free of political affiliation; "not Fatah, not Hamas, just peace".
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"I worked for six years inside Israel", he tells me, "just in supermarkets, any work I could find. Me and my friends would jump over the wall at Qalandyia because we were not allowed to pass through." He describes himself as free of political affiliation; "not Fatah, not Hamas, just peace".
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http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1193
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