ʻO ke kauhale o Battir, ma nā puʻu o West Bank kokoke i Betelehema, he ʻāina o nā ulu ʻoliva, nā kumu waina, nā lāʻau fiku a me nā pūnāwai kūlohelohe ʻehiku e hānai ana i nā ʻāina mahiʻai kahiko o ka lepo momona i kanu ʻia me nā pīni ʻōmaʻomaʻo, zucchini a me ka eggplant. Aia ʻo ia i loko o ke ʻano o nā awāwa mahiʻai me nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku i hana ʻia e ka lima i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā wahi ʻino o Roma. Hana ʻia ka mahiʻai e nā ʻano mahiʻai kuʻuna i hoʻoili ʻia no nā kenekulia.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo IIPT Founder a me Pelekikena Louis D'Amore i kēia lā e hoʻolaha ʻia ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Battir - "Palestine's Paradise Valley," ka "Tuscany of the Middle East" - he IIPT / Skål Village of Peace.
ʻAʻole ʻike iki ʻo Louis i nā makahiki ma hope mai, ʻo kēia wahi ke kahua o kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa hou e ka ʻIseraʻela. I ka makahiki 2024, ua ʻae ʻo ʻIseraʻela i kahi noho hou ma ka UNESCO World Heritage Site Maluhia Ano Ua hoʻohewa ʻia ʻo ia he mea hoʻoweliweli i ko Battir "nā ʻāina kahiko a me nā ʻōnaehana irrigation paʻakikī, nā hōʻike o nā kaukani makahiki o ka hana kanaka.
ʻO ka hakakā o kēlā me kēia lā e hoʻopilikia nei i ke Komohana Komohana a me Gaza me he mea mamao loa mai kēia paradaiso mahiʻai. Ma kahi ʻāina i kaumaha ʻia e ke kaua a me ka ʻeha puʻuwai - ʻo Battir kahi "Oasis of Peace and Tranquility" - i ʻike ʻia e UNESCO ma ke ʻano he World Heritage Site ma muli o kahi hoʻolaha i alakaʻi ʻia e nā hui kaiaulu Palestinian a me Israeli.
Ke haʻaheo nei ka Village of Battir i ka helu helu ʻole i ka heluhelu ʻana i kahi lunakahiko o ke kūlanakauhale (ʻo ia ka mea i paionia i ke kula kaikamahine mua i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1951) ʻoiai e mālama ana i kā lākou hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai a me ka ʻuhane hoʻokipa i waena o ko lākou ʻāina hoʻokipa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Akram Bader, Meia o Battir "Hoʻohanohano ʻia mākou i ka haʻi ʻia ʻana he IIPT/Skål Village of Peace, a ke kakali nei au i ke komo ʻana i ka IIPT World Symposium ma ʻApelika Hema e pili ana i nā kaiāulu a me nā lāhui maluhia e hoʻolaha i kā mākou leka. o ka maluhia i nā kauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa - ma nā wahi hakakā.
ʻO ka International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) a me Skål International, ka hui hui nui loa o ka honua no ka huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi me 17,000 mau lālā ma 400 Mokuna ma 87 mau ʻāina i hui pū i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka IIPT/Skål Cities, Towns and Villages of Peace initiative .
Hoʻokumu kēlā me kēia IIPT/Skål City, Town and Village of Peace i ka hoʻoikaika ikaika ʻana i nā waiwai o ka hoʻomanawanui, ka hoʻomāinoino ʻole, ke kaulike kāne, nā pono kanaka, ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā ʻōpio, ka ʻike kaiapuni, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka nohona a me ka hoʻokele waiwai. Paipai ʻia ka hui pū ʻana ma waena a ma waena o IIPT/Skål Cities, Towns and Villages of Peace a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike e pili ana i kā lākou mau papahana maluhia a me nā papahana.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi hana kūikawā, "IIPT/Skål Cities, Towns and Villages of Peace Across South Africa e alakaʻi ana i ka IIPT World Symposium: Cultivating Sustainable and Peaceful Communities through Tourism, Culture and Sport e mālama ʻia ana ma Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, South Africa. - 16 a 19 Pepeluali, 2015. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi pahuhopu o 50 Peace Cities, Towns and Villages i kahi hōʻailona o ka makahiki 50th anniversary o ka Hui ʻApelika.
Ua kono ʻia nā kūlanakauhale, nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale ma ʻApelika Hema - a i ʻole nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua - makemake e hoʻokō iā lākou iho i ka maluhia e hoʻopili iā Louis D'Amore, leka uila: [pale ʻia ka leka uila] no ka mea, nui details.
E hoʻohanohano ka IIPT World Symposium i nā hoʻoilina o ka honua ʻekolu Champions of Peace and Non-Violent Resistance: Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi a me Martin Luther King, Jr. nā wahi a puni ka honua.
ʻO ka Symposium, i kākoʻo ʻia e Archbishop Desmond Tutu, e hoʻomanaʻo pū i ka 50th Anniversary of the African Union, 20 makahiki o South Africa Democracy a me 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Legislation ma US.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka Symposium, e ʻoluʻolu e nānā i ka nūhou IIPT Dekemaba: http://www.iipt.org/newsletter/2014/december.html - a me ka pūnaewele Symposium e hoʻopaʻa inoa: http://www.iiptsymposium.com/
Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo IIPT i ka hoʻoulu ʻana a me ka kōkua ʻana i nā hana mākaʻikaʻi e kōkua i ka ʻike honua a me ka launa pū ʻana, kahi hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni, ka mālama ʻana i nā hoʻoilina, ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻilihune, a me ka hoʻonā ʻana o ka hakakā - a ma o kēia mau hana, kōkua i kahi maluhia a hoʻomau honua Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo IIPT i ka hoʻouluulu ʻana i ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ka ʻoihana nui loa o ka honua, ma ke ʻano he "Global Peace Industry" mua loa o ka honua, kahi ʻoihana e paipai a kākoʻo i ka manaʻo ʻo "kēlā me kēia mea huakaʻi he Ambassador no ka Maluhia."
