Ronit Nesher's Comments

"I do not share your point of view, but shall strongly back-up your right to convey it!"

lean on each other for attending peace...

מדורת שלום לייד מנזר לטרון
בואו נמשיך ונפיח רוח בגחלים הלוחשות של משפחת הסולחה.
נמשיך ונפגש במיוחד בימים כואבים מטלטלים אלו.
אתם מוזמנים למפגש של קירוב לבבות וחיזוק כוחות השלום שבקרבנו.
בואו נתאסף מסביב למדורה לדיבור, לניגון, לתפילה ולחשיבה על המשך הפעילות המשותפת.
יום שבת ב 17:00 במנזר לטרון (בשטח הסולחה)
הנכם מוזמנים להביא מחצלת, כלי נגינה ומזון לגוף ולנשמה.
דפנה 0522340850


هلموا نتابع بث الروح بالنار التي تهمس من قبل عائلة ألصلحه.
علينا متابعة اللقاء بالرغم من الأيام العصيبة والمؤلمة.
انتم مدعون للقاء داعم لقوى السلام يهدف لتقريب القلوب.
تعالوا نجتمع حول موقدة النار, للحديث, للغناء, للصلاة والتفكير حول إمكانية متابعة العمل المشترك.
وذلك يوم السبت الساعة الخامسة مساء في دير اللطرون.
من المحبذ إحضار حصيرة, أدوات للعزف, وغذاء للروح والجسد.
دافنا:0522340850


A flame for Peace will take place next to Latrun Monastery
(Close to Neveh Shalom)
at Latrun Monastery this coming Saturday 17th – 17:00
the same place we did the Sulha
Participating in music, prayer and meditation we are inviting the Sulha family and Al Tarik, and all who feel they want to join in, around the fire together
Please bring food and mats

Contact: Dafna 052-234085

Morning,
It's not as cold as it should be round this time of the year in Moscow.. Like every other spot on earth, Russia too has been affected by global warming. While this should be -20 or more, it's only -3, and hardly any snow.. Even for a new comer like me, this doesn't feel right..

It felt, honestly, and after the pll results were published, which showed that 82% of Israelis support the war on Gaza and don't feel that excessive force has been used, it felt that Israel, government and people alike, thrive for wars.. It's heart warming knowing that it's not all one color, and it's not all the same. I tried to contact a peace now activist yesterday (a friend from Hebron gave me her number) to try to get her voice out on teh station here, just because many need to know that and hear the other side. It didn't work for technical reasons, unfortunately. I hope ur group becomes bigger and gets heard more!

Will end here, gotta get back to work.. Have a peaceful day,
Reema

Hey Ronit.. it's so good to hear that ur family's fine..

Yea. I heard of the strict rules.. and the fact that it's difficult for kids to be adopted internationally especially when it comes to the kids' cultural environments and all.. actually I am looking for kids one year or less, so they wont have so much problem to adapt.. anyway, I always believe in the miracle.. in fact, we living and breathing, already a miracle by itself..

Yea, we have programs for orphans here as well.. I just do whatever i can do locally.. but as for the babies and toddlers from that part of the world.. u know, it's just too hard to see them smelling the aroma of gun smokes rather than baby lotions, hugged by bleeding hands rather than warm blankets when they just began to get to know the world. I think u know what I am saying..

Thank you so much, Ronit. It would be excellent if you can find any information!

oh.. I am SO sorry.. yea.. the war! how is your family doing? are they all fine?
tell me more about it.. hey, again I am so deeply sorry for what happens.. i can imagine the hurts.. and the losses..

btw, please don't trouble yourself, but IF you happens to know any small kids or babies that loss their parents or if you know any possible means for adoption, I am seriously looking to take care one or two of them.. I mean staying here with me.. I've been trying to contact some agencies.. i managed to talk to one of them, but I am still waiting for others' reply..

Here goes my hug for everyone in ur family.. >:D/body>

Hey, Ronit!

Thanks for saying hello! I am doing just fine.. was hectic for some urgent digital and interior design jobs for few days, so today i just need to cut off from the office.. haha!

how about you? Hope everything working just fine on your end..

Thanks so much for adding me Ronit! Love and peace for ya!

Shalom Ronit,
No, I have never been to Israel as an adult . . . It would be amazing and worthwhile to go and connect with peace activists in both Israel and Palestine. I often think about it, although the ongoing conflict makes me hesitant. An Israeli friend (now living in Canada) named Hila Russ participated in a 'Peace Walk' through Israel several years ago. I would have loved to go, but my personal circumstances at the time made it impossible. Ronit, Mohamad sh sent an email to all his iPEACE friends a few days ago seeking volunteers to help with an organization he's involved with called 'tawasul'. I looked up the website and it sounds like a very wonderful cause. I know that your group interacts with Palestinian women, and I wondered if by chance you know anything about tawasul? I am interested in trying to do some fundraising for tawasul, but need to learn more about it first. Any first-hand information you have would be very much appreciated. Thank you for the amazing work you are doing!

a short video - a prayer circle for peace - in Arabic - hebrew and english.
sorry that we dont have translation yet- but we will.
http://truemanity.com/He/page.asp?PiD=0.63&id=108

A small CG , painted with light, to enjoy

Hey,
Russia out of all the places, it's just like all the other places, except, well, for a few things.. crowded, crazy and full of traffic jams, the last one is, let me tell you, is nothing like any where else i've seen in the world.. It was a coincidence, nothing but a coincidence, been there for two and half years.. and that's it, khalas..

Hebron was nicer in many ways, family wise at least, which I miss the most.. I also miss the intimacy in people's lives, neighbors, friends, morning coffees, that's something the west lacks in a very ugly way.. and it'Is someting Hebron enjoys it best. I also miss the food there, my mother's cooking.. but I used to live in Ramallah for many years before leaving to Moscow, so there you go, it's been quiet a long way from home (give the too many checkpoints I had to cross between Ramallah and Hebron)..

It's great, I appreciate ur efforts really, especially on the Israeli side, which at some point, the left or peace loving members seem to have been lost in teh darkness of war loving lords..

You mean peace now the movement or peace in general? Yes am sure.. I have some friends who work in peace activities with Israelis. and my cousin was a director of one of those organizations. let me check.. give me more details.. I also once worked for an israeli palestinian org.. IPCRI and still know Gershon Baskin, you may know him..

Anyways, it would be great o know of all your activites so we can spread them around.. anything might help now that the israeli military has really gone crazy.. some bombings targeted UN schools, children killed, women and elderly. it's just sad and history will curse us all for this dark blind era..

blessings of peace,
r

I live in Sicily, Palermo.

thanks Ronit, I would be extremely pleased to have you amongst my iPeace friends.

God bless*
keep in touch
g

Hi Ronit,

Thanks for your sharing your commitment and for your Heart-broken words. Our hearts are bleeeding, cannot watch images of dead or suffering children anymore. I am also praying strongly, I belong to a Christian group who is also committed to finding Paths of Peace and we are sharing the same concern for what is going on in your area.

Take care
Much love*
Giusy

P.S. : is there a petition link in English? Thanks*g

Dear friends and colleagues,

This is a petition, made in israel, calling for the evacuation of children from Gaza to a safe location until the cessation of hostilities.

Our aim is to reach 50000 signatures.

Please sign and forward to all your friends and colleagues.

http://www.atzuma.co.il/petition/oshradu/1/

hello muhamad-
i agree with you- we have to do EVERYTHING that we can to stop the war !!
you asked- what can we do?
well...
i can only share with you what we are doing here in Israel- to stop the war:
we are meeting everyday with our arab friends; and organizing activities:
some peole are going to the streets ( or to Ulmert's house) to demonstrate...
( i am not that kind of a person- but i know it is important to do!!)
yesterday- alot of my friends ( jewish and arab) were standing in white clothes - in a very big road ( in VADEE ARAA - do you know it?) protesting against the war.
a week ago- 10 of my best friends - some are well known in israel- ( as you already understood they are jewish and arab) - we did a video for peace.
each one of us spoke- in hebrew' in arabic' in english-
and i hope that tomorrow we can send it to the TV and internet.

what else?
i pray a lot -
i pray that the politic people from both sides will get some common sence and stop the killing.
i pray that all the woemn of these engry men will teach the, to be soft and competionate instead of killing.
i pray that our children will live in a good and safe and loving country.
i pray for peace.
( do you pray?)

next week i hope to meet with a group of palestinian women in KAFAR KARA
and UM EL PHACHEM and BAKAA_EL_GARBIYA - to think togheter:
WHAT CAN WE OFFER TO THE WORLD NOW ?
WHAT CAN WE DO FOR PEACE?

i am an optimistic person- i always am-
and you know what?
i can tell you that in this war i see sooooo many israeli and palestinian people who want peace- and are willing to work for it:
( and i didnt see that in the other wars before)
SO THE CHANGE IS ALREADY HERE !!!

can you gather all the people in the west bank who want peace?
can i and my freinds call you - in this meeting - on ths phone -
and can we pray togheter and thing togheter - what can we do?

blessings for peace-
your neighbour
Ronit

Hi Ronit,
Peace blessings back.
Am doing allright, am not in Hebron at the moment, actually. I am a journalist and now work in Russia. Moving out of there soon Nsha'llah. Riht now, all I do is glue myself to tv and watch the horrifying news from Gaza. I have lived those moments too many times that they just seem so close to me,

it's probably hard on both our sides, u having to carry the burden of the war lords on your side, and me having to carry the memories and pictures, stories and hopes of those who got killed!!

Regards,
R

hi ronit, how are you, i see the lovely pictures you share here, and i see the u born activist, but what can you do to stop killing more and more people in gaza, this is totaly crazy this war, the war on gaza is not only coz of the rockets, but its more and stupid that no one wanna stop this war, lets call all people all over this world to call the ulmert government and his gang to stop killing more people in gaza.
hugs