 CHN meeting in Birmingham, UK  The Cloth of Many Colours, Birmingham 2002  Peace Vigil in Glastonbury, 2003 |
Peacemaking
McLean's numerous projects include participation in Israeli-Palestinian dialogue in Nablus and Eilat. He is also a regular participant in a study-group of observant Jews and Sufis, 'The Path of Abraham'.
Until 2003 he was director of the Israel Chapter of the Peacemaker Community, 'Mevakshei Shalom', which serves as an umbrella for many projects integrating spirituality and reconciliation efforts.
Several hundred Christians, Jews, Moslems and one Native American attended a gathering, 'Healing Abraham's Family' that he helped organize in December 2001.
In his work, McLean has developed close relationships both with the Jewish residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza, with Israeli Peace activists and Palestinian moderates. He went to a mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza in the spring of 1999.
"I see myself as a bridge between different worlds, bringing awareness to peoples and situations that seem to oppose each other on one level, and yet resonate on a deeper, perhaps hidden level.
"People ask me, 'Are you right wing or left wing?' I reply, 'It takes two wings to fly... and we can fly when we yearn and work together towards harmony and wholeness, when we speak from the heart and learn to respect each other's differences. Then, true peace can come to all of us who are blessed and destined to share this Holy Land together."
