The Free Hugs phenomenon reached Israel. A blogger named Shay went to Rabin square a few days ago and hugged 232 people. He got help from a few others. One of them wrote about it in her blog (Hebrew). I saw that they were doing another hugging campaign on Friday morning quite close to my house, so I went there. Tali filmed and edited it. See the movie!. (My apologies for not crediting beforhand).
At first I was embarrassed. I just came for a peek, and suddenly I was offered a few hugs. I must admit that I turned red, but afterwards I also joined the hugging and also took some pictures before running into the air conditioned mall.
I spoke to some of them. One guy said that he just joined spontaneously. Another came there to shoot a video for a website. They said that they will probably continue this thing a few more times.
I like the initiative. I wonder if this buzz, that some people consider as very touching could work out in blockades in the West Bank. Will we see a queuing Palestinian or an exhausted Israeli soldier raise a sign reading “Free Hugs” and accept a hug from the other side? Could be a funny picture…
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