Lakers' Jordan Farmar to Go on Peace Mission to Middle East

2008/07/16 10:36:32 @NBA.com: News

In the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Chris Hine writes "like other NBA players, Jordan Farmar will head overseas this summer, only with a different mission -- to facilitate peace in the Middle East. The Lakers' guard, who is Jewish, will travel to Israel to run basketball camps for Israeli and Palestinian children in association with the Peres Peace Center. The goal of the camps, which take place Aug. 4 to 11, is to bring Israeli and Palestinian children together through basketball and create a foundation for peaceful relations between them in years to come. ‘If you can have a good time with someone you're supposed to be enemies with, and you guys can work together, things can be better for your future,' Farmar said.
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