22.07.2011                      20.Tammus, 5771

Wanderweg eröffnet:

Palestinian National Trail to open over weekend

Israeli, Palestinian activists hope hiking path will show this is "Palestinian territory, while also acknowledging Israel’s right to exist."

Over 10,000 km. of trails crisscross Israel, and most are marked with simple dots or shapes to guide hikers. But the Palestinian National Trail, a new footpath in the West Bank to be unveiled on Saturday, is lined with a more detailed – and political – symbol.
Small Palestinian flags painted on large boulders now demarcate the 15-km. trail, which starts near the Green Line (across from Meitar northeast of Beersheba), and runs to Khirbat Zenuta, south of Hebron.
The trail was created by Israelis and Palestinian affiliated with Combatants for Peace, a movement of Israelis and Palestinians committed to “ending the cycle of violence and the occupation.”…