Making the invisible, visible A Jewish reflection on the Just Walk to Jerusalem
How to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration in November? You can be sure there’s going to be no end of bad ways. Amos trustee Robert Cohen writes.
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[Name of participant] from [Name of town] is [Running] [Walking] [Riding] the Israeli Separation Wall, with thousands of participants worldwide, in solidarity with Palestine.
Local resident [Name] is taking part in Run The Wall on the 25th, 26th and 27th of April 2025 as an act of solidarity with Palestine, to demand freedom of movement for Palestinians, and to demand their government implement international law and stop arming Israel.
Participants will run, walk, ride, or even swim 5-55 km, wherever they are in the world over the same weekend.
Human rights organisation Amos Trust started Run The Wall in 2021 with their Palestinian friends at Right To Movement when Covid-19 caused the Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem to be cancelled. Run The Wall has now become an annual event worldwide.
Each Spring, Amos Trust invites people worldwide to run for Palestine on the same weekend as 10,000 people participate in the Palestine Marathon. Furthermore, many of the thousands participating in over 30 countries will help raise funds for Amos Trust’s emergency appeal for Gaza and the West Bank.
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“I am taking part in Run The Wall because...” [Background reasons for participating or involvement with Israel/Palestine over the years].
If you would like to take part in Run The Wall, please visit amostrust.org/run-the-wall-2025
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[Name of participant] can be contacted for further information and interview.
Email: [Email address goes here]
Telephone: [Telephone number goes here]
Nick Welsh, Head of Communications at Amos Trust, can be contacted at:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07818 024744
Web: amostrust.org/run-the-wall-2025
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Take a look through our range of resources, blog posts, downloads and products to find out more about our Palestine Justice work.
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“As women, we have to work vertically at a national level to make the change but also horizontally with other women to empower one another and this is the work that Wi’am is committed to and which we undertake with other women in Bethlehem and across the West Bank.” Meet Lucy Talgieh from Wi’am Conflict Resolution Centre in Bethlehem.
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