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50 years after the Six-Day War – Runners without Borders in Jerusalem marathon

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Published: 25 March 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The seventh Jerusalem marathon was run last week, in the 50th year since the Six-Day War and the 100th since the Balfour Declaration.

Jerusalem marathon 2017: bridges built in a divided city – Oren Liebermann – CNN 21.03.17
Among some 30,000 participants were members of Runners Without Borders. ‘We don't run for politics but for humanity. There is no difference between a Jew and an Arab,’ says Samaha Marouf, a teenage runner from East Jerusalem. Includes video [1:19]. 

And see: Runners without Borders November 14, 2015

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