March For Unity

Hundreds of high school youth, from both religious and secular school, are marching to Jerusalem today in a show of solidarity on behalf of \"unity and responsibility.\" The march is the brainchild of religious high school students from Kibbutz Yavneh, and involves no political statements at all. Organizer Yigal Beit-Aryeh explained:

\"This is a call to the youth to show that we care, to show that we love the State of Israel and that we are ready and willing to sacrifice our pre-matriculation exams for the State of Israel. We will be enlisting in the army within the next two years, and we want to show that we care for the State, and that we therefore feel the pain of the situation and the lack of responsibility shown by our politicians.\"



The march set off from the Burma Road entrance on the Beit Shemesh-Sha\'ar HaGai highway, and the participants will sleep tonight at the Shoresh Junction Monument, where they will hold discussions on the issues of unity and responsibility. The march will end with a ceremony at the Rose Garden in Jerusalem, and speakers will include Gen. (res.) Yom Tov Samiyeh, Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, and Kibbutz Movement head Moki Tzur.