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Elvis Presley Park In Israel?

November 13, 2007 | Other
The Elvis Show Fanclub of Switzerland is collecting donations for our own project of a park in Israel with 500 donated trees...this park shall be then, when the 500 tress are collected, named after Elvis Presley, the King of Rock & Roll.

It will be planted next to the See Genezareth in the Swiss-Tiberias-Forests. This is a non-political project which is co-sponsored by the Jewish National Foundation KKL. This organisation is the main non-profit-organisation in Israel which stands in for the nature, such as resources of water and planting trees! Even in the desert!

So far we have collected approx. 100 tree-donations. Each tree costs only CHF 30.-, or in Euro: € 20.- (the amount in $ is becoming enormous). There are forests (of each 5000 trees) in Israel, which have been planted in the name of J.F.Kennedy and the Pope, so why not have an own forest with a beautiful plaque named after Elvis Presley?
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Mofoca22 wrote on November 13, 2007
wow that would be interesting to see :) elvis would be touched. it would be awesome that elvis would bring peace to the middle east with a song like if i can dream playing
stanton wrote on November 13, 2007
Why not? I´d rather donate to this than to some weirdo standing in my drive way asking for money I´ll never know what happens to.
Steve V wrote on November 14, 2007
People in the middle east have been fighting for a thousand years over religion. I dont think If I Can Dream will bring about peace.
theoldscudder wrote on November 14, 2007
I'm not Jewish & this sounds good to me. I guess the anti-semites will dissaprove. Nice idea.
Lex wrote on November 14, 2007
Well, I save my money for the next Elvis release I really want to have :-).
Jumpin Jehosaphat wrote on November 14, 2007
i am afraid to say it the only time there will be peace in the middle east is when there is either one religion and thats not going to happpen or when an subistitute is is found for oil. So money better spent in another part of our world. Isreal may be a nice place but i'd feel a lot safer crossing a street in midtown manhattan wearing a blindfold.
Ruthie wrote on November 15, 2007
Unfortunately, there is always some fighting going on somewhere in the middle east & who knows when that will end? However, remember that during Elvis week, the night of the vigil, a cease fire was declared & honored in memory of Elvis. If you ever doubt his impact, think about that.