Go-karting for peace

November 4, 2007 - 11:16 AM by Nicky

The politicians may be out there blah blah blahing endlessly – and let’s face it, pretty unproductively – about peace, but some people just get on and do it.  

Take Aric Lapter and Rasheed Nashashibi, for instance. Lapter is an Israeli engineer and a single-seater racer, while Nashashibi is the 2006 Palestinian go-kart champion.  

The two met at a racetrack and Lapter suggested they race together.  Now they’ve teamed up to compete in the 2008 British Formula Vee Championship. “We believe in less talking and more doing,” Aric told me on the phone.     

Take a look at some pictures of the two lads here. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aricf1/sets/72157602430519004/show

The two drivers will have both Palestinian and Israeli flags displayed on their racing suits and car, a combination you really don’t see too often. 

Now all these guys need is sponsorship. 

Anyone got some cash spare?   

 

Tags: • Category: A New Reality, General, Life, Sports 

Comments

4 Comments on Go-karting for peace

  1. Maya Norton on Tue, Nov 6th 2007 12:23 AM

    2. Thanks for the tip off.

    I had fun learning and writing about Lapter and Nashashibi. These kinds of stories are so refreshing.

    Here’s my post: http://thenewjew.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/go-karting-for-peace-an-israelipalestinian-go-kart-team-seeks-sponsorship-to-race-in-england/

    I hope to see more of these kinds of stories in the future from your fun and interesting blog.

    Maya Norton

    The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy

  2. nicky on Tue, Nov 6th 2007 9:29 AM

    3. What never ceases to amaze me is the sheer number of initiatives like this.
    Ordinary Israelis and Palestinians are just getting up and deciding that they’ve had enough, and if the politicians can’t make peace, they will.
    I love it.

  3. Maya Norton on Thu, Nov 8th 2007 1:54 PM

    4. That’s my favorite thing about it.

    I love President Clinton’s quote: “No peace stands a chance of lasting if it does not deliver real results to ordinary people.”

    I see examples like these as an inversion of that– ordinary people refusing to obey the nonsense that we grow up on and fighting for peace, or at least forming meaningful coexistence and the partnerships that wage peace in the longterm.

    I have been writing about Dr. Dorian Paskowtiz’s surging initiatives, the Playgrounds for Peace projects, Middle Eastern environmentalism, and now Aric Lapter and Rasheed Nashashibi’s motor sports partnership.

    I am keeping my eye out for as many as I can come up with and looking forward to learning and writing about them as soon as I do. Love to see your findings as well.

    Maya Norton

    The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy

  4. Go Cart World on Wed, Oct 21st 2009 2:00 PM

    5. Takes the mic!

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