Organizers of an event promoting peace in the region were forced to cancel what they had titled the "Bethlehem Walk" after local Palestinians strongly rejected the participation of Israeli Jews.
The event, which was scheduled for Friday, was to be a quiet march through the streets of Bethlehem in an effort to encourage "change and acknowledge basic common grounds and sow the seeds of understanding and acceptance."
In their public invitation, the organizers suggested that by walking quietly through the streets of the historic city, participants would "develop calm, balance and confidence when faced with the challenges of reality."
But Palestinian activists were outraged that Israeli Jews were actually going to be part of the march, and insisted that the Jewish presence would "desecrate our holy city and sites," according to a report in The Jerusalem Post.
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