Haaretz 3 Feb by Amira Hass — Palestinian activists with the Salt of the
Earth campaign are warning Mahmoud Abbas not to give up the Jordan
Valley — A verse from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is the inspiration for a
new series of popular Palestinian activities against the negotiations
being mediated by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The campaign is
dubbed “Salt of the Earth”… On Friday, January 31, the first activity
was launched. Erecting a camp at Ein Hijleh, north of the Dead Sea, on
land belonging to the monastery of the same name (and also known as the
St. Gerasimos Monastery). The protest was against the colonization of
Palestinian lands, but the direct message was to the Palestinian
Authority: You have no right to give up the Jordan Valley. The name of
the campaign derives from the New Testament (Matthew 5:13): “Ye are the
salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall
it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out,
and to be trodden under foot of men” (King James Version). The activists
are translating the verse into today’s reality: The daughters and sons
of Palestine are the salt of the earth, and they are called upon to
preserve and restore the substance (the saltiness) that is endangered
under the failing PA – connection to the land, resistance to the
occupation and unity.
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