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Israeli runners excluded from ‘peace run’

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JTA reports today that six Israeli runners were excluded from the West Bank portion of a regional long-distance peace run, which ended Monday. Led by Australian ultra-marathoner Paul Farmer, the course began in Lebanon and made its way through Israel and the West Bank, with the finish line in Jerusalem. The excluded runners were organized jointly by the Yesha Council, an umbrella settlers’ group and Regavim, a right-wing legal nonprofit.

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