As the Palestine Marathon takes place in Bethlehem, thousand of us will be running for Palestine wherever we are.

On Friday 17th April, 10,000 Palestinian runners will be pounding the streets of Bethlehem for the 10th Palestine Marathon. The Palestine Marathon takes place in the shadow of the illegal Separation Wall, with locals and internationals coming together in Bethlehem to take on the full marathon, half, 10km or family 5km fun run.

I am doing a 10K walk at the same time as the Palestine Marathon, in solidarity with Palestinians and to fundraise for Amos Trust's work in Gaza and the West Bank.

Most of you know that I have been to Palestine several times with Amos, including taking part in two Home Rebuilds. The photo above is from the most recent one and is of me removing nails from used planks of wood with my special stone hammer - everything possible gets recycled!

Gaza and the West Bank seem to have dropped out of the news with the current wider Middle East conflict. However, the difficulties have not lessened or gone away.

I had hoped to undertake the walk in Bethlehem, but just after the trip was announced, Amos had to put it on hold for safety reasons.

Amos Trust is a small creative human rights organisation that has been working with partners in the West Bank and Gaza for over 30 years.

People have been so generous that I have upped my target from £500 to £750!

https://www.amostrust.org/donate/gaza-appeal/