Israeli Gathering

For the first time in Israel, Green Action, a grass roots environmental group, with the help of many green activists and rainbow people, organised a three day Earth First-style gathering.

The gathering was located in the Jerusalem forest, which is threatened with destruction due to three major road schemes and neighbourhood expansions. The gathering included many workshops concerning the globalisation of the economy, permaculture, D.I.Y. recycling, green consumer traps, road protesting in Britain, animal rights, etc. This also included walks around the endangered area to watch the rare flora and fauna.The weekend was a real success and managed to include a vast variety of people from all spectrums of society. One man said: “We hope this gathering will be a step towards more anti-road actions and protesting in Israel. Who knows, we might see the first protest site in the “Holy Land” before the end of the millennium.”