| Haifa, Israel
We had a very successful Gather the Women Event at the "Israeli
and Palestinian Mothers' Peace Train," where Richard
Gere was our Guest of Honor. The conference took place in
Faradis, an Arab village near Haifa, on June 3, 2003. It was
in support of the Road Map for Peace in the Middle East, and
it instilled new hope in both the Palestinian and the Israeli
women and children.
 Richard
Gere was delighted to participate in such an exciting and
important gathering, and he complimented us for the beautiful
"Women Peace Poems" which were presented by various
actors and singers, from the book: YOU AND I CAN CHANGE THE
WORLD (By Ada Aharoni, available from: www.ada.up.co.il.
The caption (in Hebrew), under the picture reads: "Richard
Gere came to Israel yesterday for 4 days, invited by IFLAC
the international movement of "The Spirit of Peace,"
to give support to peacemaking in the region. The American
actor was invited to a Gathering of Mothers in Faradis, and
he talked to Jewish, Arab and Druze women, in the Youth Center
in the village. He said: "Such wonderful peace meetings
by women should be covered by CNN and the BBC, and not only
when men kill each other!"www.ada.up.co.il.
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The other photos are of our GTW Workshop
and the Poetry Session that was part of our Gather the
Women festivities.
Prof. Ada Aharoni
President IFLAC: International Forum for Literature
and Culture
P.O.B: 9934 Haifa
Israel 34341
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