ISRAEL : 3000 ISRAELI YOUTHS TAKE PART IN RECORD BREAKING ATTEMPT TO LAY WORLD'S LONGEST HAND PRINTED CLOTH RUNNNING BETWEEN ISRAEL, JORDAN AND EGYPT.

Record ID: 399912

  • Title: ISRAEL : 3000 ISRAELI YOUTHS TAKE PART IN RECORD BREAKING ATTEMPT TO LAY WORLD'S LONGEST HAND PRINTED CLOTH RUNNNING BETWEEN ISRAEL, JORDAN AND EGYPT.
  • Date: 25th April 1995
  • Summary: EILAT, ISRAEL (APRIL 25, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV/CU ISRAELI BROADCAST AUTHORITY (IBA) DIRECTOR-GENERAL MOTY KIRSHINBAUM MAKING THE FINAL HAND IMPRINT ON THE 13 KILOMETRE CLOTH (3 SHOTS) 0.22 2. GV PANS TRACKING VIEW CHILDREN HOLDING HUGE BANNER STRETCHED ACROSS COASTLINE 0.46 3. SLV VARIOUS OF ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN B
  • Embargoed: 10th May 1995 13:00
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  • Location: EILAT, ISRAEL
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  • Country: AFRICA ASIA Egypt Israel MIDDLE EAST
  • Reuters ID: LVACQ4BN1W1KVDZ78F94WR173S9M
  • Story Text: More than three thousand young Israelis on Tuesday (April 25) joined in a record breaking attempt to lay the world's longest hand printed cloth, running between Israel, Jordan and Egypt.

    The 13 km (8-mile) cloth was stamped with the hand prints of over 100,000 people, including Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

    It was created by the Israeli Broadcast Authority (IBA) children's department. All the participants on the IBA's children's show were asked to make a colourful imprint of their hands.

    Contributions were also received from children throughout the world.

    The final hand-print was made by the IBA's Director-General Moty Kirshinbaum.

    The cloth, a symbol of the new peace in the Middle East, was taken to the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat, and stretched, over the red sea to Jordanian boats, connecting Israel and Jordan.

    The huge banner was also spread along the Red Sea coast to the Israeli-Egyptian border at Taba.


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