ABC / Reuters | Matthew Doran | 15 January 2025 Please God – Mark Israel wants 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza to be released in the first phase of a ceasefire and hostage deal, and is prepared to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the process. Final talks have been underway for a number of hours in Doha, with senior members of Israel’s security and intelligence establishment and Hamas’ organisation present. Qatari officials have described the negotiations as being at

Genocide Denial and the Gaza Holocaust by Jonathan Kuttab   In the past, I used to wonder why “Holocaust denial” was listed as a criminal offense by many European countries and considered such a moral outrage everywhere else. Clearly, the Holocaust occurred and the grizzly material evidence of its horrific extent is incontestable. Anyone who would deny it is clearly an ignorant fool, similar to anyone who still believes the earth to be flat, to be ridiculed and pitied. The issue is one of fact,

Jan 16th, 2025 Sabeel is hosting two international delegations this month and is anticipating 1-2 delegations each month for the coming year. The delegations to be planned are comprised of a diverse variety of activists, professionals, and leaders. Like past pilgrimages and delegations in 2024, Sabeel’s goals with international delegations are to shed light on the current reality in the Holy Land and to encourage participants in creative advocacy for justice and peace.  Lord of justice and truth, we lift Sabeel’s upcoming delegations, praying for

And the Israeli’s continue to lie about starving humans to death – shame on every one of them and all politicians and journalists who perpetuate the lies – Mark Looking down the barrel of the camera, the determination and passion are clear to see in Mokhtar Hamdi’s eyes.From underneath the bench, he pulls out large pots and pans and other utensils and gets to work.From cinnamon buns to burgers, fruit tarts to spaghetti, Mokhtar seems to make the impossible possible from his makeshift kitchen in

More and more indiscriminate murder by Israel – Mark Israel’s military says it has killed the head of Hamas’s security forces in southern Gaza, Hussam Shahwah, as part of a series of air strikes in the enclave that killed at least 37 Palestinians. The strike in Khan Younis hit an encampment sheltering displaced families, killing Shahwah and 10 others, according to local medics. Gaza’s interior ministry, which is run by Hamas, claims the director general of Gaza’s police department, Mahmoud Salah, and his aide, Shahwan,

Jimmy Carter by Jonathan Kuttab   At the age of 100, Jimmy Carter passed away this week in his home in Plains, Georgia.  I have had the pleasure and honor of meeting President Carter several times, after he left office. It is rare to see such a humble, powerful, and authentically Christian person reach the highest political office, while maintaining his faith, honesty and integrity. He made mistakes, to be sure. Yet, he had the grace to acknowledge them, especially after he left office, where