Israeli Peace activists to erect a huge Dani Karavan exhibit overlooking Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway and embark on Peace Walk

 Thur. March 20: Israeli Peace activists to erect a huge Dani Karavan exhibit overlooking Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway and embark on Peace Walk, calling upon government to reach agreement with the Palestinians

Press Release March 19, 2014

A huge exhibit designed by artist Dani Karavan will be erected in an olive grove overlooking the Tel-Aviv, as part of a campaign to mobile public support for an agreement with the Palestinians and increase pressure on the leaders of both sides. The exhibit will be erected by volunteers tomorrow (Thur. March 20) between 9.00 am and 2.00 pm.

The erection of Karavan’s exhibit is organized by the “Million Hands for an Agreement” campaign, whose activist also started this week a Peace Walk from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Walk will be held in daily stages, to last a month and culminate at the Passover Holiday – which this year coincides with the deadline set for concluding the round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The Walk was had started on Tuesday this week, when activists Dror Ben-Ami and Ziv Cohen started out from the Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, in the hope that more and more Israelis would join in and press the government to listen to the people and work towards an agreement with our neighbors, the Palestinians.

For details of the location of  the Karavan exhivit, the route of the Peace Walk and any other information contact:  

Campaign Manager Aviva Pardo +972-(0)54-4302307

avivam@netvision.net.il================================================================

Background:  

On July 2013 the Israeli and the Palestinian representatives returned to the negotiations table and a new window of opportunity has opened. Recent surveys of public opinion Israel indicate that the vast majority of Israelis support the idea of an agreement with the Palestinians. However, the people have virtually no way of expressing their support and their wish for such an agreement, and this is what our campaign is intended to provide.

Our plan of action

The byline of the campaign are colorful palms, made of various materials and in different sizes, to be displayed throughout the country and symbolize the many supporting hands given to chance for peace. The public campaign would illustrate, to the government worldwide, the broad support for peace in the Israeli public,.Landscape art instillations made of thousands of colorful palms representing the voice of the people will be set up by volunteers at prominent Israeli landmarks, culminating with a rally and mass display of palms in front of the Knesset on April 2014, when the negotiations are supposed to be concluded. We will gather in front of the Knesset to make a democratic call for an agreement and future reconciliation.

About us

We who initiated this campaign are a three ordinary Israelis, Ziv, Dror and Guy. Like the majority of the public, we believe that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is essential to our lives, and that the conditions are ripe. We decided to start this campaign out of a heartfelt wish to influence the fate of our country, provide a better future for our kids. We would like to note that our campaign, which has no partisan affiliations and is a not for profit venture, already gained more than 150,000 signatures of support, mainly via Facebook and with no paid ads.