A WALL FOR PEACE- A WALL FOR PEACE- A WALL FOR PEACE- NO WALL

Haifa

Jewish-Arab Cultural Center ‘Beth Hagefen‘:
"Borders are the scars of history", 1993

1992: this year, Arafat and Rabin were signing the first Peace Treaty "Rain on Borders" is a poem by Michel Butor witten in 1985. It is placed on the facade of the Center in 3 langages: hebrew, arab and french.

The zig-zag stripe represents the borders in the world and the ones between Israël and Palestine. The wall is dedicated to Peace, which remains the most important theme in the region, today in 2008.

The zig-zag stripe represents the borders in the world and the ones of Israël and Palestine. The wall is dedicated to Peace, which remains the most important theme in the region, today in 2009.

Butor‘s text: "Pluie sur les frontières", 1985

O pluie, efface pour nous ces frontières, lave nos continents de ces zébrures doucereusements infligées par le fouet diplomatique d‘aimables forcenés lors de palabres dans les pavillons à pendeloques et marqueteries; emporte-nous dans ton immense babil, dans ton tranquille galop menu jusqu‘à ces tracée sur une carte....