Mudzi wa Battir, womwe uli kumapiri a West Bank pafupi ndi Betelehemu, ndi dziko la minda ya azitona, mipesa ya mphesa, mitengo ya mkuyu ndi akasupe asanu ndi awiri achilengedwe omwe amadyetsa malo akale a ulimi wa nthaka yobiriwira yobzalidwa ndi nyemba zobiriwira, zukini ndi biringanya. Ili m'zigwa zokhala ndi minda yokhala ndi mabwalo amiyala opangidwa ndi manja okhala ndi mabwinja akale achiroma. Kulima kumachitidwa ndi njira zaulimi zomwe zadziwika kwa zaka mazana ambiri.
Woyambitsa IIPT ndi Purezidenti Louis D'Amore alengeza lero kuti Town of Battir - "Palestine's Paradise Valley," "Tuscany of the Middle East" - ilengezedwa kukhala IIPT/ Skål Village of Peace.
Louis sanadziwe kuti zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, derali lidzakhala malo otsutsana kwambiri ndi Israeli. Mu 2024, Israeli idavomereza kukhazikika kwatsopano pa UNESCO World Heritage Site, yomwe Mtendere Tsopano anadzudzulidwa kukhala chiwopsezo ku “mabwalo akale a Battir ndi njira zamakono zothirira, umboni wa zaka zikwi zambiri za zochita za anthu.
Mkangano watsiku ndi tsiku womwe umavutitsa West Bank ndi Gaza ukuwoneka kutali ndi paradiso waulimi uyu. M'dziko lolemetsedwa ndi nkhondo ndi kusweka mtima - Battir akuyimira "Oasis of Peace and Tranquility" - yodziwika ndi UNESCO ngati World Heritage Site chifukwa cha kampeni yomwe inatsogoleredwa ndi mabungwe a chilengedwe a Palestina ndi Israeli.
Mudzi wa Battir monyadira umasunga chiŵerengero cha anthu osaphunzira chifukwa cha mkulu wina wa tauni (yemwe anachita upainiya wa sukulu yoyamba ya atsikana kumangidwa mu 1951) kwinaku akusunga chikhalidwe chawo cholemera ndi mzimu wolandiridwa pakati pa malo awo okongola.
Bambo Akram Bader, Meya wa Battir anati: “Ndife olemekezeka kulengezedwa ngati mudzi wamtendere wa IIPT/Skål, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kutenga nawo mbali pa Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse wa IIPT ku South Africa wokhudza Madera ndi Mitundu Yokhazikika ndi Yamtendere kuti tifalitse uthenga wathu. mtendere kumidzi ndi matauni ena padziko lonse lapansi - makamaka m'madera omwe kuli mikangano."
International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) ndi Skål International, bungwe lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi la akatswiri oyendera ndi zokopa alendo omwe ali ndi mamembala 17,000 m'machaputala 400 m'maiko 87 asonkhana pamodzi kukhazikitsa IIPT/Skål Cities, Towns and Villages of Peace Initiative. .
Mzinda uliwonse wa IIPT/Skål, Town ndi Village of Peace wadzipereka kulimbikitsa zikhulupiriro zolekerera, kusachita nkhanza, kufanana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi, ufulu wachibadwidwe, kulimbikitsa achinyamata, kuzindikira za chilengedwe, ndi chitukuko chokhazikika cha chikhalidwe ndi zachuma. Kugwirizana pakati pa IIPT/Skål Cities, Towns and Villages of Peace kumalimbikitsidwa komanso kugawana zambiri zokhudzana ndi mapulogalamu awo amtendere ndi mapulojekiti awo.
Ntchito yapadera, “IIPT/Skål Cities, Towns and villages of Peace Kudera la South Africa yakhazikitsidwa kutsogolera ku Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse wa IIPT: Kukulitsa Madera Okhazikika ndi Amtendere kudzera mu Tourism, Culture and Sport womwe ukuchitikira ku Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, South Africa. - 16 mpaka 19 February, 2015. Cholinga cha Mizinda, Mizinda ndi Midzi 50 yamtendere chakhazikitsidwa kukhala chizindikiro cha zaka 50 za mgwirizano wa African Union.
Mizinda, Mizinda ndi Midzi ku South Africa - kapena zigawo zina zapadziko lapansi - omwe akufuna kudzipereka okha ku mtendere akuitanidwa kuti alankhule ndi Louis D'Amore, imelo: [imelo ndiotetezedwa] kuti mumve zambiri.
IIPT World Symposium idzalemekeza cholowa cha Omenyera atatu apadziko lonse lapansi a Mtendere ndi Kukaniza Zachiwawa: Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi ndi Martin Luther King, Jr. zigawo padziko lonse lapansi.
Msonkhanowu, wovomerezedwa ndi Archbishop Desmond Tutu, udzakumbukiranso Chaka cha 50th of African Union, zaka 20 za Democracy ya South Africa ndi Zaka 50 za Malamulo a Ufulu Wachibadwidwe ku US.
Kuti mumve zambiri pa Symposium, chonde onani nkhani za IIPT December: http://www.iipt.org/newsletter/2014/december.html - ndi tsamba la Symposium kuti mulembetse: http://www.iiptsymposium.com/
IIPT idadzipereka kulimbikitsa ndi kutsogolera zokopa alendo zomwe zimathandizira kumvetsetsa ndi mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi, kuwongolera chilengedwe, kusungitsa cholowa, kuchepetsa umphawi, ndi kuthetsa mikangano - komanso kudzera m'njirazi, kuthandizira kubweretsa mtendere ndi bata. dziko. IIPT idadzipereka kulimbikitsa maulendo ndi zokopa alendo, bizinesi yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, monga "Global Peace Industry" yoyamba padziko lonse lapansi, makampani omwe amalimbikitsa ndi kulimbikitsa chikhulupiriro chakuti "Aliyense woyenda ndi Kazembe wa Mtendere."
