Book Review and Update on KEEP HOPE ALIVE
Keep Hope Alive this Holiday Season and Plant an Olive Tree for Peace in Israel Palestine
"KEEP HOPE ALIVE" is scheduled to be the December Book of the Month on Crossleft.org
[Green Swamp, Florida, November 26, 2006]- Eileen Fleming, Author, Reporter and Editor of WAWA: http://www.wearewideawake.org has just returned from her fourth journey to Israel Palestine since June 2005. She has dedicated 100% of all proceeds for her newly released work of Creative Spiritual Literature and Historical Fiction, "Keep Hope Alive" to the 501 3-c Olive Trees Foundation for Peace www.olivetreesfoundation.org/ working in tandem this year with the Joint Advocacy Initiative's YWCA in Palestine and YMCA in Jerusalem's Keep Hope Alive Olive Tree Campaign http://www.ej-ymca.org/site.
"Gary's Shelf" from http://midwestbookreview.com wrote:
At first I thought this had something to do with the famous line of Jessie Jackson. I'm delighted to say it is much much more. The author shows that there are many people from all over the world who are moving in the right direction to establish peace in the Middle East. The organization Olive Trees Foundation for Peace/OTFFP is Arabs, Jews, and Christians who have formed a non profit non political group who have one goal; to have Israelis and Palestinians live side by side in peace. These are people from all walks of life who are committed to changing the area into a peaceful region. Social movements like this grow until finally government jumps on-board. This is so counter to the policies of the Bush administration. As dialogue continues to grow on this subject government will be forced to rethink its approach to the region. This is a book that should be read by anyone does not believe there can be peace in the Middle East. It should also be included in schools and on the college level to help focus on how the area can move toward peace.–G.S. Roen/"Gary's Shelf"
"Keep Hope Alive" was inspired by and documents the life of Khaled Diab, a 1948 refugee from the Upper Galilee who made his way to America and into a career in the Defense industry with top-secret clearance during the Cold War. The book opens with Fleming's imaginative discussion of a group of friends around Khaled's olive-wood kitchen table in Buffalo, N.Y., the morning after Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination. Topics of conversation include the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the treasures of the Nag Hammadi library and the stages of the soul. These topics are intricately woven into a provocative, inclusive and cohesive story.
Khaled and his family move to Orlando, Fla., and friends and loves come and go. Newly wed at the age of 78 he ponders the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001 and is compelled to take positive action. With the help of many friends, he founds the nonprofit, nonpolitical Olive Trees Foundation for Peace/OTFFP www.olivetreesfoundation.org/
"Keep Hope Alive" documents the history of this organization of American Jews, Christians and Muslims who came together to raise awareness and funds to begin to replant the olive trees the separation wall has destroyed. To date, 30,000 trees have been rooted thanks to generous American donors. 100% of all royalties for Keep Hope Alive will be donated to the OTFFP which is now connected to the Joint Advocacy Initiative's YWCA in Palestine and YMCA in Jerusalem's Keep Hope Alive Olive Tree Campaign http://www.ej-ymca.org/site.
To Order a signed copy of "KEEP HOPE ALIVE" and Plant an Olive Tree for Peace in Israel Palestine
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KEEP HOPE ALIVE
ISBN 1-4259-5355-7
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