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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\nSuggested minimum donation:  
 $20\n(Refreshments will be provided.)\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 \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/12/57853.php
SUMMARY:Documentary:  The Road to Sulha
LOCATION:SOMAsala  465 10th Street, #102, San Francisco   (between Harrison & 
 Bryant, across from Costco)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/12/57853.php
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