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Palestine Marathon ماراثون فلسطين

Name: Palestine Marathon ماراثون فلسطين
Address: Bethlehem, PS
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Right to Freedom of Movement "Run for Palestine" The Palestine Olympic Committee is an independent civil organization behind the Palestine Marathon.

POC is a recognized member by the International Olympic Committee that oversees the Olympic and sports related activities, carrying the mission of maintaining and developing the Olympic and Sports scene in Palestine. POC through Palestine Marathon works to increase focus on the basic right of freedom of movement in Palestine. It aims on providing a fun and challenging experience of cultural exchan

ge through building running culture in Palestine and engaging international runners and supporters. Increasing the awareness of Palestine on the global public opinion, by presenting the fruitful life of Palestinians and the restrictions they face because of the Occupation. Palestine Marathon is a collaborative effort between Palestine Olympic Committee and our partners. It was successfully organised for the four years with meaningful support from Right to Movement – RTM is a non-profit, non-religious and non-political social movement of global running communities all over the world, running to tell a different story for the basic human right to freedom of movement.

21/01/2024

I’m Running the 2024 Palestine 🇵🇸 Marathon

21/01/2024

May 10, 2024 is the new date for Palestine marathon!!!! Save the date.
sign up now : https://www.njuko.net/palestinemarathon2024

21/01/2024

Fellow citizens of the world,

It is with heavy hearts, full of sorrow, anger and disappointment that we are announcing that this year, the Palestine Marathon will not be held in Bethlehem, in March. As you all know, each year, we welcome thousands of people from around the world to join us to run for freedom, for an end to occupation, and for justice for Palestine and the Palestinian people. This year, while our message remains the same, we cannot run in a marathon while our fellow brothers and sisters in the Gaza Strip are running for their lives.
We are postponing the marathon this year to 10 May 2024 in solidarity with our people in Gaza and in outrage at the world that has forsaken them. This year, instead of joining us to run, join us in protest; join your voices to ours in demanding that this genocidal Israeli war comes to an end. Join us in demanding that the crimes and atrocities being committed against the Palestinians every day in Gaza and also in the West Bank, will not go unpunished. Join us in insisting that the values and principles on which the civilized world are established – values of justice, equality and human rights – are not just words or worse, only selectively applied to some.
Today, in Palestine, our collective hearts are broken. Israel has thus far murdered over 24000 people in Gaza in less than four months. Men, women and children have been slaughtered, trapped under the rubble of demolished homes and are starving and displaced, all while the “free world’ does nothing. We need your voices and your efforts to push and demand that western governments end their complicity in this war on our people.
You, as citizens of the world, also have a responsibility to stand on the right side of history, because silence is also complicity, inaction is complicity. We call on you, our friends and our supporters, to join us in our call for freedom, so that one day we can run together in a free Palestine, not one shackled by the chains of Israeli occupation and settler-colonialism.
The time to speak up and to act is now. Gaza is being annihilated and we must do everything possible to ensure this does not happen. Palestine and the Palestinian people have a long history of steadfastness and endurance against oppression and this time will be no different. We will prevail as we have for over 75 years, but we need your help and solidarity to bring our goal of freedom even closer.
Once this cloud of death and destruction is lifted from the beautiful skies of Gaza and from all of Palestine, we hope to invite you to participate in the Palestine Marathon in May, 2024. Help us make this happen with your support, solidarity and call for justice.
As always: Free Palestine.
May 10, 2024 is the new date for Palestine marathon!!!! Save the date.
sign up now : https://www.njuko.net/palestinemarathon2024

11/01/2024

Thanks 🙏🇿🇦🇵🇸❤️
The only country that dares to take Israel ICJ for Genocide against the Palestinian people.

08/01/2024

شكرا جنوب افريقيا..
شكرا من قلب غزة .. شكرا من فلسطين

وقفة في ميدان نيلسون مانديلا- رام الله، يوم الأربعاء الموافق 10 كانون الثاني الساعة 5:00 مساءً
تقديرا لموقف دولة جنوب افريقيا الداعم لشعبنا الفلسطيني في رفع دعوة في محكمة العدل الدولية ضد اسرائيل بتهمة الإبادة الجماعية لشعبنا في قطاع غزة.

احضر أطفالك معك، حتى يتذكروا إلى الأبد موقف جنوب أفريقيا الشجاع والمميز.
Thank you South Africa
Thank you from the heart of Gaza
Thank you from Palestine

Rally at Nelson Mandela Square – Ramallah on Wednesday, 10/1/2024, 5:00 p.m.

To convey our heartfelt gratitude to South Africa, and its support for Palestine by filing a genocide case against Israel at the ICJ over massacring our people in Gaza.

Bring your kids along, so they can forever remember South Africa's brave and remarkable stance.

06/01/2024

Run for Gaza 🙏🇵🇸🌎

24/12/2023

رسالة الميلاد : اوقفوا الابادة في غزة فورا
The message of Christmas this year: Stop the Genocide on Gaza NOW
in instead of tree

23/12/2023

English follows

“ المهد تحت الأنقاض”
من عاصمة الميلاد بيت لحم، يبعث سكان بيت لحم برسالة الى العالم أجمع. فلسطين تتعرض للإبادة الجماعية، أهلنا في غزة تحت القصف المستمر لأكثر من ٨٠ يوم، لكننا هنا باقون. نحزن معاً، نصلي معاً الى ان يزول الإحتلال

المهد تحت الأنقاض، من عمل الفنان الفلسطيني طارق سلسع، بمبادرة إجتماعية من المجتمع المحلي و بالتعاون مع بلدية بيت لحم.

“ Nativity Under the Rubble”
From the capital of Christmas, Bethlehem, the people of Bethlehem send a message to the whole world. Palestine is being subjected to genocide. Our people in Gaza are under continuous bombardment for more than 80 days, but we are here to stay. We grieve together, we pray together until the occupation ends.

Art work by Palestinian artist Tariq Salsa, as an initiative by the local community and in cooperation with the Bethlehem Municipality.

20/12/2023

I am an engineer Basil Al-Muhtasib"28 Years “. I work as a sales representative in a pharmaceutical company. I have always set aside some time to exercise. I participated in the Palestine Marathon ماراثون فلسطين with my friends, and it was an enjoyable experience, but I will not be able to participate after today. An occupying soldier executed me in cold blood today in my way to work at Seir town junction in Hebron. Medical teams were prevented from reaching and treating me, I became a martyr.
12/20/2023

انا المهندس باسل المحتسب"28 عاماً "، اعمل مندوب مبيعات في شركة ادوية، لطالما افردت بعض الوقت لممارسة الرياضة، وشاركت مع اصدقائي في #ماراثون #فلسطين الدولي وكانت تجربة ممتعة، لكنني لن اتمكن من المشاركة بعد اليوم، فقد اعدمني جندي احت.لالي بدم بارد هذا النهار اثناء ذهابي إلى عملي عند مفرق بلدة سعير في الخليل، ومنع وصول الطواقم الطبية إلي فارتقيت شهيدا
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29/11/2023

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 🇵🇸🌎

26/11/2023

Nelson Mandela
“has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand.”

This week’s marathon in Athens, Greece 🇬🇷

20/11/2023

Freedom of movement 🇵🇸

18/11/2023

Run for 🇵🇸

13/11/2023

Athens 🇬🇷 Marathon
Nelson Mandela used power of sport to unify, rebuild🙏❤️
https://www.njuko.net/palestinemarathon2024🇵🇸🇵🇸

13/11/2023

Anemix SG

I ran for a FREE PALESTINE from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, and when fatigue invaded me, I looked around me at the refugee camps and their beautiful and warm people, looking forward to the day of JUSTICE coming soon for my beloved Palestinian people

13/11/2023

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY WITH YOUR FRIENDS 🙏❤️🇵🇸🌎
as Nelson Mandela stated - the power of sport in nation building (and resolution) can never be overstated
https://www.njuko.net/palestinemarathon2024🇵🇸

12/11/2023

Athens Marathon

12/11/2023

Mervyano Merv Steenkamp
Sunday morning run 12km done
This is such a special post and run.
As a athlete who live in South Africa a but had run in Palestine Bethlehem 3times dedicate this run to my brother's and sister's in Palestine who are going through alot of pain and struggle at the moment. I am pleading to our South African people to unite and stand together behind Palestine & L and shout out Free Free 🇵🇸 🇿🇦

12/11/2023

Good luck to all the runners at the OMT Beirut Marathon 2023!

11/11/2023

Run 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ like 👍 you’re on y way to 🇵🇸❤️🙏

10/11/2023

What Are Human Rights?
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, s*x, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.

Milano Italy 🇮🇹❤️🇵🇸🙏

09/11/2023

Declaration of the Rights of the Child
In 1959, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which defines children’s rights to protection, education, health care, shelter, and good nutrition.

Governments must do everything they can to protect and care for children affected by war 🇵🇸

07/11/2023

تعلن قرى الأطفال SOS فلسطين عن حاجتها لملأ مجموعة من الوظائف وذلك ضمن مشروع الاستجابة الطارئة الذي يهدف إلى توفير الوصول إلى الاحتياجات الأساسية وحماية الأطفال والشباب ومقدمي الرعاية، مما يساهم في إيصال المساعدات الإنسانية المتعددة. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، تهدف قرى الأطفال SOS فلسطين من خلال مشروع الاستجابة الطارئة إلى تقديم حل متكامل وشامل لدعم استعادة الأسر لعافيتها ولم شملها.

للتفاصيل الأخرى والتقديم للوظائف عبر الرابط أدناه

SOS Children’s Villages Palestine announces its need for several vacancies within Emergency Response Project which aims to provide access to basic needs and protection of children, youth and their care givers through multi-sector humanitarian assistance, as well as to provide integrated and holistic durable solutions to support family recovery and self-reliance.

For more details and applications, visit this link:
https://www.sos-palestine.org/humanitarian-appeal-vacancies

07/11/2023

Thanks 🙏 for love and support !

2024 🇵🇸

07/11/2023

Morocco Marathon 🙏❤️

05/11/2023

A marathon Sunday in a North Zealand dressed in beautiful autumn colours ended happily!

05/11/2023

Write a caption The resilience and joy of Gaza's children, even in the face of adversity, have continued to inspire PCRF and those around the world during our over-thirty-year-long history. ❤️🕊

Please donate to our urgent Gaza relief efforts as we prepare and organize extensive humanitarian and medical aid which will comprise our largest relief efforts to date....

05/11/2023

David Clarke Start line of the Istanbul marathon - Running the wall for Gaza

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Athens 🇬🇷 Marathon Nelson Mandela used power of sport to unify, rebuild🙏❤️ https://www.njuko.net/palestinemarathon2024🇵🇸🇵🇸

Palestine Marathon ماراثون فلسطين الدولي -Bethlehem 01-03-2024

فرصة للشركات والمؤسسات للمشاركة في باقات الرعاية الخاصة بماراثون فلسطين الدولي في نسخته العاشرة Palestine Marathon ماراثون فلسطين

Run 🏃‍♀️ to tell a different story 🇵🇸

Thanks for All 🙏 ‎#ماراثون_فلسطين_الدولي_2023 🇵🇸

ماراثون فلسطين الدولي 2023 Palestine Marathon أكاديمية الوحدات الفلسطينية

لحظة انطلاق سباقي 42 كم و21كم في تمام الساعة 6:30 صباحًا🇵🇸 #palestinemarathon2023 #FREEDOMOFMOVEMENT #bethlehem

مجموعة من المؤثرين العرب الذين سيشاركون في فعاليات ماراثون فلسطين الدولي 2023، مرحباً بكم في فسلطين🇵🇸#palestinemarathon2023 #FREEDOMOFMOVEMENT #bethlehem

من فلسطين نركض لأجل اللاجئين في فلسطين والعالم، رهف الخطيب عدّاءة سورية سوف تشاركنا في ماراثون فلسطين الدولي في نسخته التاسعة والمقرر يوم الجمعة 10 آذار 2023، رهف عدّاءة ملهمة وذات شغف كبير فقد أطلقت مبادره لتجنيد الأموال لصالح اللاجئات الفلسطينيات لخلق فرص عمل لهم من أجل تأمين عمل مستدام وكريم نرفع قبعاتنا بكل فخر لهذه العدائة ومبادرتها الجميلة واهلا وسهلا بك وبالجميع في الماراثون وفلسطين

شو بتحبوا تحكو كلمة لماراثون فلسطين؟ ✌🏻🔥

الرائعة سامية الرمحي بتنورينا في ماراثون فلسطين الدولي 2023#palestinemarathon2023 #FREEDOMOFMOVEMENT #marathon #Palestine #bethlehem

Mays Abu Gharbieh نصائح وارشادات Fizik Clinik فيزيك للعلاج اليدوي المتخصص والتطوير المهني حول تدريبات المشاركين في ماراثون فلسطين الدولي 2023 #palestinemarathon2023 #FREEDOMOFMOVEMENT #marathon #Palestine #bethlehem

Runner Mohammed Assi continues his preparations to participate in the 42 km race in Palestine Marathon 2023. #palestine #marathon #bethlehem #running #freedom

تذاكر الماراثون في كافة فروع شركة سبيتاني

صبايا وشباب بس معكم بكرا وبعدو للتسجيل في Palestine Marathon ماراثون فلسطين 🇵🇸 اخر موعد 24.02.2023

الرجاء عند شراء تذاكر Palestine Marathon ماراثون فلسطين من شركة سبيتاني Sbitany Company قراءة التعليمات خلف التذكرة بتمعن. وتسجيلها بدون تسجليها لا تستطيع استلام عدة الركض للمشاركة في الماراثون🇵🇸🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

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Our Story

Once a year in the spring, local residents from the Bethlehem area, Palestinians from near and far, and people from all over the world gather in Bethlehem to participate in one of the highlights of the city’s social and cultural calendar. They don running shoes, put on sunscreen and a hat, and flock to the alleys and streets of the ancient town south of Jerusalem, either to engage in physical exercise or to cheer on their friends and relations, some of whom will have trained for months in the hope of winning a prize or an honorable mention.

“Nothing happens until something moves.” Albert Einstein

So, let’s move!

The Palestine Marathon aims to establish a running culture in Palestine. It entices Palestinians to move in a new, enjoyable way, provides the opportunity for cultural exchange, and helps build relationships between Palestinians and people from around the world based on a mutual love for running. The event shows the international community another side of Palestinians; it creates international awareness of the Palestinian story, increases knowledge of Palestinian life, culture, and hospitality, and builds understanding across cultures. Moreover, the annual marathon adds value to the Palestinian economy and the tourism sector.

The Palestine Marathon provides a platform for cultural exchange and exploration. It attracts thousands of Palestinian and international participants and brings attention to one of the basic human rights that is under threat in the State of Palestine: the freedom of movement.

In 2017, the Palestine Marathon was approved as an international marathon by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), and in 2018, it was recognized by the Association for International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS). Its route extends over 42.195 kilometers and offers runners different outlooks on Palestinian everyday life. Its course includes a few steep hills and sections that allow for fast running while leading through unique scenery, unlike any other marathon. Starting at the Church of the Nativity, in the center of Bethlehem’s Old City, its route takes runners through the town, two refugee camps (Aida and Dheisheh), and along the apartheid Wall. Because its distance does not cover the required 42 kilometers, runners run two loops to complete a full marathon according to international standards.

The Palestine Marathon has evolved rapidly over the years. In seven years, the total number of participants has increased from 400 to over 8,000. The percentage of female runners has increased from 37 percent to almost 50 percent (which is significant because the denial of free movement is a feature of gender inequality in Palestinian society and hinders efforts to ensure respect for the rights of women), and the number of foreign runners has increased from 220 to 1,700, helping Palestinian efforts to tell their story and raise international awareness of their situation. The marathon cannot help but show how the Israeli occupation prevents Palestinian freedom of movement, a universally recognized human right. According to Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all people should be able to move around and reside anywhere within their country. By running the marathon, each participant asserts this right and highlights that the freedom of movement of Palestinian women, men, girls, and boys continues to be severely restricted under Israel’s prolonged military occupation.

Marathon runners anywhere may “hit a wall” under the physical and emotional strain of completing the 42-kilometer race course. I-n the State of Palestine, runners literally hit the Wall.

The apartheid Wall - deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice in 2004 but still standing tall - prevents Palestinians from exercising their basic human right to freedom of movement and separates them from their land and from each other. But impediments to freedom of movement reach far beyond the Wall. Military checkpoints in the West Bank are further obstacles that have a devastating impact on Palestinian lives and livelihoods, particularly adversely affecting people with disabilities who already face many barriers in their daily lives. The blockade of Gaza prevents the movement of people and goods, stifles recovery efforts, destroys the local economy, divides families and communities, and prevents sick persons from receiving treatment that is not available locally. Israel’s legitimate security requirements must be balanced with respect for human rights. In 2019, participants ran for various causes such as human rights and the rights of the disabled, women, children, and others; others competed for organizations that included EU for Palestine, Team Palestine (Every Mile Saves a Child), Right to Education, and more. Many cultural activities were offered by partners, local organizations, and the public sector. In 2020, the Palestine Marathon will be held on March 27, starting at Bethlehem’s Manger Square, with the participation of 10,000 local and international runners.

The Palestine Marathon is held under the auspices of the Palestinian Higher Council for Youth and Sports and plays an important role in increasing awareness of matters that include the restrictions on movement that Palestinians face on a daily basis due to the Israeli occupation. Many foreigners participate and gain a glimpse of the rich Palestinian culture that is not widely known across the world. The marathon could not be successful without the cooperation of our partners that include the Bethlehem Governorate, the Bethlehem Municipality, the Palestinian Police, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Bethlehem Peace Center, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Sareyyet Ramallah, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society, and others.