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Miércoles 30 de julio de 2008
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Guarda | “Cuando estamos adentro Sadaka Reut, Creo que cada uno es bueno el uno al otro,” dije a Lena, describiendo su campo de verano Árabe-Israelí. “Pero entonces salimos encendido a la calle, y es [una diversa historia]…”

Los segundos después, su punto fueron probados perfectamente. En una intersección ocupada en el corazón de Yafo, un hombre de mediana edad echó un ojo de desaprobación sobre la exposición de la calle que el grupo exhibía. ¿“Cuál es éste? ”, él pidió con un twang cáustico a su voz. “Es un proyecto del Judío-Árabe…” comenzó a uno de los organizadores, pero el hombre había oído bastantes. Pegando dos dedos en la cara del líder, él escupió “vete a la mierda,” y stormed apagado.

El tema del campo relativo a este año es “la historia de Untold”, así que la presentación contuvo algunas verdades incómodas. Testimonios de los residentes que vivieron en Yafo durante Guerra de la independencia en 1948 fueron fijados a los tableros grandes junto a la poesía, a la fotografía y a las historietas representando el apuro de los que fueron expelidas de sus hogares. Se animó a los traseúntes por los participantes adolescentes que contaran de nuevo sus propias memorias en cámara fotográfica, mientras que otros fueron dados los aviadores. La hostilidad abundó en el calor del sol del mediodía, pero había bolsillos pequeños de aprobación de onlookers judíos y árabes. Según 17 años Hadas, sin embargo, si el público aprobado o desaprobado estaba al lado del punto.

“No es importante si su reacción es positiva o negativa - está sobre conseguir sus sensaciones para salir. No estamos aquí forzar a gente cambiar sus mentes y [dictado] cuál correcto e incorrecto. Hay muchas áreas grises; [israelíes judíos] tenemos buenos individuos y malos individuos, y así que.”

Para las 50 juventudes que participaban en el campo, escuchando cada otros las' historias y las experiencias personales eran la esencia del programa, según Adi, uno de trabajadores del movimiento de Sadaka Reut. Los “judíos pueden pasar con su vida entera [en Israel] y nunca satisfacer a un palestino,” ella dijo, “así que el campo es mismo ojo-abertura para ellos. Para los palestinos, es levemente diferente, puesto que los fuerzan ver el diario lateral judío, pero en el campo intentamos crear un ambiente equilibrado en el cual él pueda satisfacer [sus pares judíos].”

“People are ignorant, and they prefer their ignorance to knowledge,” said Ismail, whose family has lived in Yafo for nine generations. This was his third summer spent with Sadaka Reut. “My parents are moderate and very supportive of me taking part, and my sister’s politics are the same as mine, so we got into this group together.”

Ismail and Lena hold strikingly similar visions for the future in their country, with both stressing the need for equality to prevail over religious or sectarian supremacism. “It has to be democratic for both peoples,” said Lena. “Everyone must be treated the same, and no one group can be treated better than others.”

“All citizens must be equal,” agreed Ismail. “It doesn’t need to be a Jewish state; nor must preference be given to the Jewish people. It just needs to be our country; [a country belonging to both Jews and Arabs].”

Listening to the participants talk was like watching a new generation of politicians forging their manifestos in the furnace of youthful idealism; however, I asked one of the leaders, was this handful of teenagers enough reason to hope that a sea change could occur? “If we lose all hope, there is nothing more to be done,” replied Sama. “There is no change without hope. And if we start with teenagers, that’s where we can have the most effect. Just watching their interaction with one another is the change we are trying to make”.

But for all the enthusiasm of the campers and their leaders, the bigger picture tells a different story when it comes to spreading Sadaka Reut’s message on a national scale. The state refuses to fund the organisations’s activities, “because we are not a Zionist youth movement,” noted Fadi Shbita, Sadaka Reut’s director. Whilst they do not support Zionism, nevertheless there is no particular political agenda being pushed, he said.

“We don’t advocate policies such as where to draw borders, and so on,” explained Fadi. “All we say is that both people have rights here, and that they need to be treated equally.” A view which seems pretty inoffensive, yet is reason enough for the authorities not to allocate them a penny of the annual 66 million shekel budget set aside for youth movements.

Despite the frosty reception Sadaka Reut engenders amongst Israeli officialdom, as well as on the Israeli street, Fadi is not entirely disheartened. “On one hand, I am optimistic”, he said, “but on the other hand, it’s going to be a very long process [to effect real change in Israeli society]. In the meantime, we can create more and more young activists, at least”.

On the strength of those I met during the street exhibition, he and his team have clearly succeeded on that front. And for all the opposition they encounter when taking their message to the public, the participants themselves are building bridges far more resilient than can be toppled by any number of expletives hurled their way by their detractors.

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