It is 75 years since more than 750,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes, and their right to return was denied. Today, Palestinians are still without those rights. Until this ends, each year we will join runners in Palestine to run, walk or crawl 7.5km.
Run The Wall as an act of solidarity.
Run The Wall as a call for Palestinian rights.
Run The Wall to demand an end to Israel’s apartheid policies.
We started Run The Wall in 2021 with our friends at Right To Movement when Covid-19 caused the Palestine Marathon to be cancelled.
In an amazing worldwide act of solidarity, runners from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Denmark, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey, South Africa, Burundi, Mauritius, Australia, Egypt, Dubai and UAE joined runners from Palestine to virtually run the 750km length of the Separation Wall together.
This has now become an annual event. Every March, we invite hundreds of runners from around the world to run 750km — joining the 5,000 Palestinian runners who run the Palestinian Marathon in Bethlehem. Some people run 5km, and others 55km, whatever they can do, wherever they are. You can even walk if you prefer — just join us and get involved.
Having run in Bethlehem in 2019, Run The Wall was a small way of standing in solidarity with those running in the Marathon and raising funds and awareness of all that is happening in Bethlehem/Palestine. Rev. Robert Hinsley
The camaraderie and spirit of inclusion were palpable on the global Run The Wall WhatsApp group. I especially felt connected to Palestine, seeing and hearing from those running the Wall for the Right to Movement. Natasha Singh Alley
On Your Marks, Get Set...
Stand in solidarity with Palestinians and join runners, walkers and cyclists from around the world.
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Palestine Marathon
In April 2013, Amos Trust took a team to Bethlehem to run the first Right To Movement Palestine Marathon. Since then, we have brought people to run in solidarity with Palestinians, to demand their freedom of movement and raise funds for our partners in Gaza and on the West Bank.
We started a ‘virtual’ Run The Wall when it was impossible to travel to Bethlehem and participate in the Palestine Marathon. We still plan to take runners to physically take part, but we are so glad to be able to extend the event to friends and supporters around the world.
On Your Marks, Get Set...
A crowd of runners gather at the start of the Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem.
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The Separation Wall
Work began on the Israeli Separation Wall in 2002. When completed, it will be 750km long. The Wall — also known as the Apartheid Wall, the Separation Barrier or Security Fence — has devastated Palestinians. It cuts deep into the Palestinian West Bank, denying communities access to their land and the right to movement. Moreover, it puts a stop to any effective dialogue.
In urban areas (such as around Bethlehem), the Wall consists of 8-metre-high concrete panels. Elsewhere, it is a combination of electric fences, razor wire, military access roads, bypass roads and watch towers.
International Law
In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that Israel’s Separation Wall was illegal, violated international law and should be dismantled. It also recommended that Palestinians affected were fully compensated.
Take a look through our range of resources, blog posts, downloads and products to find out more about our Palestine Justice work.
Thank you to those that attended Amos Day 2022 in London or watched the live stream. For those that missed it, here’s the day on catch-up when we were joined by Dieudonne Nahimana, founder of New Generation Burundi, Hamed from Hebron International Resources Network, and Ahmed Alnaouq from We Are Not Numbers in Gaza. Watch again now.
Thank you for those that attended Amos Day 2021 in London or watched the live stream. For those that missed it, here’s the entire day on catch up. Listen again as we update you on all areas of our work including news of our ‘On Location’ art project from Gaza, our plans for International Day of the Girl, our ‘Street Born’ project with Cheka Sana Tanzania as well as some Palestine Justice and Climate Justice news and a special Garth Hewitt concert.
All four webinars from the winter 2023 season are now available to watch again, featuring hour-long conversations with thought-leaders, Amos partners and friends including Fadi Kattan, Sally Azzam, Ahmed Alnaouq, Daoud Nasser, Veronica Pasteur, Wisam Salsaa, Mariam Salah, Kat Khoury, James Walmsley and Enas Ghannam from We Are Not Numbers in Gaza.
All of the first season of Amos’ Dozen Tuesdays webinars are available to watch again. Featuring hour-long conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends including Domenica Pecoraro, Mpendulo Nyembe, Ellen Logan, Emily Reyes, We Are Not Numbers, Manal Ramadam, Marie Christina Kolo and Jeff Halper.
All of the Season 4 [email protected] webinars are available to listen and watch again. Featuring hour-long conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends including spoken-word poet Zena Kazeme, climate activist Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert and Paul Sunder Singh from Karunalaya in India.
All of the Season 3 [email protected] webinars are available to listen and watch again. Featuring 45-minute conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends including Rasha Nahas, Asmaa Tayeh, Ola AlAsi, Amaka Okafor, Taysir Arbasi, Heather Masoud, Masuma Ahuja, Sam Richards, Sadock John, Luca Mee, Zoughbi Zoughbi, Clare Anastas, Alia Malek, Miranda Penell, Robert Cohen, George Zeiden, Diala Isid and Harry Baker.
All of the Season 2 [email protected] webinars are available to listen and watch again. Featuring 45-minute conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends including Paul and Bakiyam Sunder Singh from India, Liz Mnengwa from Kenya, Dieudonné Nahimana from Burundi, Mpendulo Nyembe from South Africa, Dr Suhaila Tarazi from Gaza, Ruth Daniel from In Place of War, Wisam Salsaa from the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem and Palestinian writer and human rights advocate, Raja Shehadeh and more.
During the 2020 Lockdown, we thought it was more important than ever to continue to talk about the issues that all our partners face, particularly in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a back catalogue of [email protected] webinars from Season 1 featuring 30-minute conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends.
“Today, as a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith charities working for Palestinian human rights, wellbeing and dignity, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of what is known by Palestinians as the Nakba (the “catastrophe”) – and rededicate ourselves to bringing this relentless process to an end.” Read the statement from a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith charities working for Palestinian human rights.
“I will not ask us to hope or pray for an unwinding of tension and for calm to spread — we all want that — but it’s not the point. Instead, this Easter, I would ask that we commit ourselves again to justice, human rights, seeing the humanity in the person before us, recognising their right to exist, their right to live in peace and determine their future, their right to worship their God and the need for us to work together to determine how we can live together.” Chris Rose writes about the situation at Al-Aqsa Mosque during Easter 2023.
“I guess I expected a kind of Ottolenghi-style tour, a pomegranate-seed strewn food odyssey with a bit of politics thrown in. Naïve, ignorant, stupid me. Nothing could have prepared me for the mind-blowing gut-wrenching tragedy that is happening in this region.” Sue Quinn writes about Amos’ Taste of Palestine trip.
We work alongside grass-roots partners in Palestine, South Africa, Nicaragua, Burundi, India and Tanzania.
Reaching children on the streets, addressing their trauma, working with them and their families to reintegrate them into their homes, to realise their rights and recover their future.
Working with local and international peace activists, and partnering with grass-roots projects, to call for a just peace, reconciliation and full equal rights for all Palestinians and Israelis.
Addressing the impact of climate change and the causes of extreme poverty, building sustainable rural communities and empowering them to realise their rights.
Bringing people together to meet our partners from around the world, visiting the communities they work in and seeing their projects in action — building solidarity and lasting friendships.
Amos Trust
Room 11
St Margaret’s House
15 Old Ford Road
Bethnal Green
London
E2 9PJ
Telephone:
+44 (0) 203 725 3493
Email:
[email protected]
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1164234
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