On Tuesday night I went with Frede and Ulli to a “ALL NATIONS CAFÉ ” gathering (check the web site on the title)… Dyhan is an Israeli guy who is behind this gatherings … He basically have contacts with all sorts of people, Israelis, Palestinians, Jewish, Muslims, Christians, rainbows, etc, and he just sets this kind of gatherings where they all seat around the fire, singing together in all languages, eating together, speaking to each other, etc… Peace happening in simple ways ☺ !
It was another adventure to get there coz we went after 5pm to Beit Jala and still had to wait for Al to get his transport back to Jerusalem… We waited till around 8pm in Beit Jala and still didn’t know where the gathering was taking place…we had some directions, but not so clear… We found out we were pretty far to walk (more then 5Km), but thank God we got a ride from a Jewish settler from Efrata… The place was nice even though we couldn’t see well in the night… there was a small pool which was coming from a spring and there were also some houses which were abandoned by Palestinians after 1968… I guess that is still Palestine, because we didn’t pass the check point, but still, is not so safe for Palestinians…
We were not many, but we had fun… There was 2 Palestinian teachers from Jerusalem who work in a Centre for handicap people in the only refugee camp in Jerusalem… I spoke with them for a while about the situation and they told me that in maybe 2 years that camp will be surrounded and isolated with the wall ☹… I was going to visit that camp the next day, but no time… maybe next visit ☺
There was also a Norwegian guy we met before in the “Sulha” gathering… another Israeli girl, Dafna, who sang beautifully in all sorts of languages…even Portuguese ☺…
and another Palestinian guy with his kid came later… A really funny guy, always dancing and playing as many instruments he could get at the same time…
he was from Nahalin (the village near the Land), so we had our trip back guaranteed ☺… an adventure though !!!
One more time, Peace was happening in a simple way, around the fire, singing, having fun, smoking the “Nakhila” (water-pipe for fruit tobacco) and speaking…
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