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over the last 25 years have gone
through several changes and names.
But at the center has been Ziad
Sabateen, a resident of Husan who
as a teen was arrested and impris-
oned for five years in Israel after his
involvement in the first intifada in
the mid-1980s. After his release fol-
lowing the Oslo Accords, Sabateen
realized the path to a two-state
solution cannot be won through vio-
lence but through conversation and
peaceful work toward co-existence.
He founded the group Path of
Hope and Peace with the late Rabbi
Menachem Froman, who served as
the chief rabbi in the Jewish com-
munity of Tekoa in the Judean Hills
and believed in working toward
peace with the Palestinians even
when both sides faced violence,
death and terror and extremism.
“It was an unlikely alliance —
a settler rabbi — and a former
Palestinian terrorist,” said Gutmann,
who befriended Sabateen through
Facebook before meeting in person
this summer. “But the two were
willing to talk and engage with any-
one who were willing to work for a
peaceful solution.”
From this trip, Guttmann saw
firsthand how activities as ordinary
as cleaning up trash from the side of
a road or showing concern for the
natural resources of the region are
ways Jews and Muslims, Israelis and
Palestinians can come together for a
common good.
Another issue that this grassroots
organization of Muslims and Jews
in the region is taking up is the dis-
parity of healthcare in the region.
The life expectancy of Palestinians
is on average 10 years shorter than
Israelis.
To improve these statistics, Path
to Hope and Peace has worked to
bring in more healthcare facilities to
improve the lives of the Palestinians.
For example, Froman had worked
to build a local health facility near
Husan to increase availability of doc-
tors and specialists. Because of his
work with Israelis, Sabateen is able
to work through some of the com-
plexities that come with Israel’s tight
security measures on Palestinians,
such as attaining travel permits to
leave the West Bank and enter Israel
so that they can visit with sick loved
ones who are being treated in Israeli
hospitals or even have a visit to
swim and play in the ocean.
“The notion of the two-state solu-
tion is becoming more and more
challenging,” Gutmann said. “But
this special trip out to this village
made me come to the realization
that people on both sides of the con-
flict can share and find commonali-
ties in everyday interactions. It is
possible to come together to talk
and try to solve the most immediate
and local problems. It is these real
person-to-person interactions that
bring out each other’s humanity and
rarely make the news.”
In a written Facebook message,
Sabateen said while the current
situation can seem grim as Israeli
and Palestinian politicians fight for
political survival, it is the everyday
people who get lost in the mix.
“The land is holy to Jews, Muslims
and Christians alike, and we must
learn to live and share it together,”
Sabateen wrote. “We hiked the land
together, sat in joint prayers, and
arranged many activities to bring
all our families and friends to meet
each other as neighbors and friends.
“The Path of Hope and Peace
brings families together in our area
of coexistence next to the Green
Line, with a special focus on the
young Israelis and Palestinians, who
are our collective future.” •
This story was first published on
detroitinterfaithcouncil.com. To see a video
of the work Path of Hope and Peace is
doing to improve access to healthcare, visit
https://bit.ly/2PIu1na.
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