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Actor Richard Gere Goes on Mideast Tour
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH
Associated Press Writer
American actor Richard Gere hugged a Palestinian legislator and met with Israeli settlers Tuesday during a tour of Israel and the West Bank.
Gere's three-day visit was coordinated by Peacemakers Circle International, a network of organizations working for social justice. The group toured Jordan over the weekend.
Peacemakers Circle is planning a series of concerts next year to improve the atmosphere after three years of Palestinian-Israeli violence. "Its purpose is to use the creative energy of the arts to transform consciousness in the Middle East region," the group explained on its Internet Web site.
Encouraging good relations between Israelis and Palestinians and "spreading the culture of peace" are ways that Hollywood stars can improve peoples lives, said Daoud Kuttab, the group's Palestinian adviser.
Gere, who made a similar tour in June, refused to talk to reporters.
By meeting with representatives from both sides of the conflict, Gere tried to avoid taking sides on any of the major issues facing Israel or the Palestinians, said Iris Elhanani, who arranged Gere's Jerusalem tour.
In Israel, Gere also met with a group of settlers from the West Bank and walked on the walls around Jerusalem's Old City.
Later, Gere visited the West Bank town of Ramallah, where he embraced legislator Hanan Ashrawi, a well-known Palestinian spokeswoman and human rights activist.
Gere was "very human, very intense, very caring, very kind," Ashrawi said.
Outside an office where he was to meet with Palestinian community leaders, a group of his fans clapped and shouted when they saw him stepping out of his vehicle.
The actor also visited Bethlehem in the West Bank and the Arab-Jewish Israeli city of Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv.
