Hundreds take part in joint Israeli-Palestinian tree planting - Haaretz

Last update - 23:03 03/02/2007

Hundreds take part in joint Israeli-Palestinian tree planting

By Eli Asheknazi, Haaretz Correspondent

Over 150 Israelis and 150 Palestinians planted nearly 1,200 olive trees on Friday next to the West Bank village of Salam, near Nablus.

The ceremony took part under the slogan, "planting solidarity between Israeli and Palestinian farmers." The trees were planted in an area where hundreds of trees had been uprooted or cut down in recent years, many of them by Israeli settlers living nearby.

The plantings were carried out by initiative of the kibbutz movement under the leadership of Yoel Marshak. According to organizers, "In honor of the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat we want to send a message of solidarity between Israeli and Palestinian farmers, and to emphasize the importance of the rule of law."

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MK Michael Melchior (Labor) took part in the planting, as did members of the New Israel Fund and members of the Rabbis for Human Rights movement.

"There was no political or partisan nature to this initiative," Marshak said. "Our message is that from farmer to farmer, wherever a man goes hungry, we will be there," he added.

On Sunday, the kibbutz movement will launch a cooperative endeavor at the textile cooperative area in Mitzpe Ramon. Area youths performing national service will take part in the operation.

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1.	planting trees	13:05	\|	wendy	03/02/07

2.	A really excellent gesture	13:36	\|	Guy From NYC	03/02/07

3.	Planting the future peace	13:50	\|	Esther	03/02/07

4.	always looking for light at the end of the tunnel	14:25	\|	Sameer S Reehani	03/02/07

5.	These are the seeds of peace	15:20	\|	Andrew	03/02/07

6.	May this be a lesson against terrorism	15:30	\|	albert amato	03/02/07

7.	Planting trees -for next round of fighting	15:42	\|	Sal	03/02/07

8.	this should be the future	15:44	\|	Phil	03/02/07

9.	Tree plantingsmile&world	15:50	\|	willsmiletoo	03/02/07

10.	Wonderful initiative, deserves our support.	15:52	\|	Fortuna	03/02/07

11.	That`s the way to do it!	15:54	\|	Ramez	03/02/07

12.	Thanks for some rare good news	16:08	\|	Stephanie	03/02/07

13.	Great move, hurray for these Israeli`s and Pals	16:13	\|	Mark B.	03/02/07

14.	Well done Israelis	16:26	\|	Chaval	03/02/07

15.	In a sane world...	16:40	\|	Dennis Gordon	03/02/07

16.	There are good people in every culture and every nation	16:47	\|	Democratic American	03/02/07

17.	beautiful	16:49	\|	vs	03/02/07

18.	at last some good news	16:50	\|	SJ	03/02/07

19.	what about joint tree planting up north? this just a photo-op	17:15	\|	ralph	03/02/07

20.	Are they stolen	17:22	\|	Tom H	03/02/07

21.	Response for Tom H #20	17:56	\|	Esther	03/02/07

22.	Its time to UPROOT the settlers	18:01	\|	Tupac	03/02/07

23.	Tom #20 & Esther #21	18:12	\|	Mickey	03/02/07

24.	What an Excellent Idea.	18:17	\|	Amnon	03/02/07

25.	Esther	18:20	\|	Tom H.	03/02/07

26.	Hope this gets proper coverage in Arab papers	18:52	\|	William	03/02/07

27.	to Tom H	18:56	\|	Sol	03/02/07

28.	So good Tom H and Esther are here	18:57	\|	William	03/02/07

29.	It`s good to see that some Israelis are still humane people,	19:54	\|	anti-racist	03/02/07

30.	Beautiful!	20:16	\|	sg	03/02/07

31.	For William #28	20:46	\|	Esther	03/02/07

32.	Glory be to God for the unity. I thank our God	20:51	\|	Virginia	03/02/07

33.	Planting stories in the Arab press	21:28	\|	Najdt	03/02/07

34.	Why not?	21:36	\|	Realistic Arab	03/02/07

35.	Arabs, Leftists Destroy Jewish Orchard on Tu B`Shvat Holiday	21:59	\|	Nathan Rona	03/02/07

36.	#4 Sameer...You will find it. The complication?	22:01	\|	Virginia	03/02/07

37.	Hundreds take part etc.	22:11	\|	Johann Georg Gauter,	03/02/07

38.	Israels beautiful face.....	22:54	\|	Swiss (Dino)	03/02/07

39.	This is the way	23:08	\|	sh	03/02/07

40.	why bother	23:17	\|	albert	03/02/07

41.	Blatant misinformation #35	23:27	\|	Esther	03/02/07

42.	anti-racist - I should say the same of the Pal side	23:38	\|	William	03/02/07

43.	Najdt - you prove my point about the Arab press #33	23:42	\|	William	03/02/07

44.	Arab/Leftist signs of peace... #35	23:46	\|	William	03/02/07

45.	Esther and Johann #31, #37	23:51	\|	William	03/02/07

46.	hope for the future	00:36	\|	lola	04/02/07

47.	Something beautiful!	00:40	\|	Maureen Ann	04/02/07

48.	Why The Sudden Surprise.	01:36	\|	Eli	04/02/07

49.	#35,Nathan :These "foreign volunteers" is a refuse on dole,	01:54	\|	Absolute Sweden	04/02/07

50.	May the trees of the field lift their branches	02:56	\|	Knave Dave	04/02/07

51.	#20 & #35 where hatred reigns suppreme	03:09	\|	Knave Dave	04/02/07

52.	I hope the "settlers" burn them	10:53	\|	Antonio	04/02/07

53.	replace slahed trees in Sde Boaz(who did it?)	12:44	\|	sam	04/02/07

54.	RE; Antonio	14:49	\|	Mike	04/02/07

55.	Peace in the Middle East	23:07	\|	Hugh Mann	04/02/07

56.	Beautiful!!! More actions like this!!	17:27	\|	T A Sheppard	08/02/07