As a part of our preparation for this prayer justice walk on Good Friday, we created some sign boards that replicate art found on the Wall (also known as the Separation Barrier) in Israel. Palestinians and visitors from throughout the world have added their own street art, graffiti, and public art to the Wall, as a sign of protest, an invitation to peace, and a critique of the lack of global intervention. We are posting pictures of our recreations of some of these sign boards in honor of those amazing artists (some known and others anonymous). These signs should help each of us consider what our own role could be in ending the injustice in the Middle East – whether gaining further personal awareness about the Wall, writing to a legislator, reading more about the plight of Palestinian people, or supporting a justice organization working in the Middle East.
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| "Now that I've seen it I'm responsible for it." |
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"U.S. aid: injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere. (MLK Jr.)" |
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"Planting a flag on the moon does not make
it yours; it simply puts a hole in the moon." |
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| "The wall is lame." |
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| "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind." |
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| Hope |
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| "ctrl + alt + del ... Forgive what you have done? ... ICAHD 2008" |
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"A country is not only what it does. It is also
what it tolerates. Kurt Tucholsky 1933" |
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| "War is not the answer." |
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"Your heart is a weapon the size of your fist.
Keep fighting.
Keep loving." |
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| "I am not a terrorist." |
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"Inhumane treatment of young men and boys, arrests under
cover of night, unjust torture while in police custody, missing
husbands and brothers and sons, children stripped of internationally
agreed upon human rights. For these Palestinian boys and men, we weep
with the women."
(See
Palestine: The Women Weep (34th Annual 8th Day Good Friday Justice Walk) )
Making the boards was half the fun (or more)! Check out these photos of
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advocacy for Palestinians. The full-page article profiles the WGME
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(See
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These are amazing. I can't wait to see them on Friday. Thank you all for this work.
ReplyDeleteSplendid work. Station 5 will resemble a virtual trip to the Holy Land, wall and all!
ReplyDeleteThere is no need for lengthy tomes when art says it all so well...and then some. Thank you for your heart-felt work for peace.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone. This has clearly been a community effort - from idea brainstorming to artistic vision to sketching to painting. Not to mention the implementation and all the people who will hold boards, weep like the weeping women, and read our prayers. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this project!
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