Swedish Activist Arrives in Prague on Walking Trip to Palestine

Rasa - Palestine’s embassy to Prague celebrated Benjamin Ladra, a Swedish activist, after his arrival in the Czech capital more than two months after he started his awareness of the occupation walk to Palestine.

News ID: 433137

Date: 15 October 2017 - 19:53

RNA - Ladra, 25, said he left his homeland on August 5 heading toward Germany until his arrival in Prague on his long walk to Palestine that will take him through 15 countries, WAFA reported.

He said he hopes to arrive in Palestine in the summer on a trip that he plans to take him through as many countries as possible to raise their awareness of the Palestinian cause.

“I want to raise awareness everywhere through this walk of the Israeli occupation,” he said, adding that he decided to make this walk as part of his moral obligation to express solidarity with the Palestinian people.

After Prague, Ladra is expected to arrive in Austria. He tries to stay with people who come out to show their support for his move, but often sleeps in a tent he brought with him.

Palestine’s Ambassador to Prague, Khaled Atrash, said in the event celebrating Ladra’s arrival in the Czech Republic that Foreign Minister Riyad Malki gave instructions to all the Palestinian embassies in the countries the Swedish activist is expected to walk through to provide him all assistance possible to make his walk successful.

Ladra decided to make this walk at this time to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Balfour Declaration when former British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour promised Europe’s Jews a homeland in Palestine against the will of its indigenous Arab people.

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