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DESCRIPTION:A fundraiser for the documentary by independent filmmaker Laura J. Beatty. 
 The film is about grassroots peace and reconciliation efforts between 
 Israelis and Palestinians at the annual gathering of Tariq Al-Sulha (The 
 Sulha Way), a 3-day event held in northern Israel in August 2004. A fine 
 cut of the film will screen at the event. \n\nHosted by the San Francisco 
 Presbytery Peacemaking Task Force.  
 http://riters.com/PresbyterianPeacemaking/\n\nSuggested minimum donation:  
 $20\n\n***\nSynopsis:\n\nGabriel and Eliyahu are on a road that has no map. 
 Where the political dialogue has failed to bring an end to the 
 Israeli-Palestinian conflict these two Israelis, members of a tribe of 
 visionaries from both sides of the border, dare to succeed. Inspired by 
 sulha, the traditional Middle Eastern process of reconciliation, they hope 
 to begin to heal the wounds of the past fifty years and, in so doing, spark 
 a revolutionary movement for peace.\n\nRana, Khaled and Said are all 
 Palestinians from the West Bank. The only Jews in their world are soldiers. 
 Gabriel and Eliyahu hope to change that. Along with 250 other Palestinians, 
 as well as Jews and Arabs from all over Israel, they have been invited to 
 The Sulha Way, a 3-day peace gathering in northern Israel. \n\nFor the 
 Palestinians, it is a chance to finally meet a Jew outside of their normal 
 confrontational encounters, on relatively equal footing. But that isn't the 
 only opportunity presented. Though it is only for three days, it is a 
 chance to taste freedom for the first time in years - to actually leave the 
 West Bank.\n\nFor the peace activists, the journey begins and ends with 
 Abraham, biblical father to both the Jewish and Muslim peoples. With their 
 faith riding on the transformative power of personal connection, they seek 
 an apolitical and spiritually based solution to the conflict. In order to 
 facilitate the dialogue, they have invited peacemakers from around the 
 globe, leaders who have recently emerged from their own ethnic conflicts, 
 among them a Tibetan monk, a Zulu priest and an Irish Catholic peace 
 activist. As quixotic an approach as it may be, the strength of their 
 convictions is as fierce as the hatred they seek to neutralize.\n\nThe Road 
 to Sulha tells the story of their encounter as Israelis and Palestinians 
 meet with their inherited enemies and in the process, are forced to 
 confront their own relationships to the conflict. Punctuated by the moving 
 stories of Rami and Ali, two survivors of the violence that has wreaked 
 havoc on thousands of families from both sides this is the story of one 
 small group's efforts at peace in one of the world's most enduring and 
 bloody conflicts.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/27/57843.php
SUMMARY:Documentary:  The Road to Sulha
LOCATION:St. John’s Presbyterian Church   25 Lake Street (& Arguello), San 
 Francisco  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/27/57843.php
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