Category: Israel and Palestine articles

Sabeel Wave of Prayer

On Nov 14th , Kairos Palestine launched the 2nd Kairos document, “Faith in the time of Genocide.” The new Kairos document is a renewed call from Palestinian Christians to the global church amidst genocide, ethnic cleansing, and settler colonialism. Among the many important themes, the document highlights the call to hope as a defiant resistance and affirmation of life over death. Liberator Christ, through the steadfast witness of indigenous Christians in the Holy Land, we are reminded of Apostle Paul’s words, that “we are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down

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Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official

Israel continues to break this supposed ceasefire continually – its a Government that acts illegally for 75 years so why does anybody expect anything else – Peter Israel is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the

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Resilience and Theology

Resilience and Theology   by Jonathan Kuttab (An early version of this post is from a talk given at an interfaith event at the Islamic Center in Paterson, NJ) Religion has been a major factor contributing to the ongoing resilience of the Palestinian people. As a Palestinian Christian, I am very aware of those elements in Palestinian Liberation Theology that have supported to Palestinian resilience. However, many of these same elements are also found in other religious traditions, including Islam and Judaism. The first element in

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Israeli settlers in West Bank torch mosque and scrawl hateful messages

Finally a report showing the hateful, illegal Settlers – Peter Israeli settlers have torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance after some Israeli leaders condemned a previous attack against Palestinians. One wall and at least three copies of the Quran and some of the carpeting at the mosque in the Palestinian town of Deir Istiya had been torched when an Associated Press reporter visited Thursday. On one side of the mosque,

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CCTV shows Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian food warehouse – video

Finally a video showing what has been happening for years – these have forgotten what it is to be Jewish and God is ashamed by them – Peter Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked a food warehouse in the occupied West Bank village of Beit Lid on Tuesday, setting fire to trucks and cars, damaging windows and injuring four people, Israel’s military and a Palestinian official said. It was the latest in a series of attacks on Palestinian villagers by Israeli settlers in the West Bank

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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians

IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy They will be crucified by the Israeli Government – Peter Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary. “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due

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Not in our name’: Jewish council condemns Pacific leaders’ support for Israel

Very brave of them – Peter Christian Zionists say the land was promised to the Jews — but what do Jewish people actually believe? We spoke with a proud Jewish voice from Australia who says supporting justice for Palestinians is not antisemitic and that Jewish safety does not require Palestinian oppression. Ohad Kozminsky, executive member of the Jewish Council of Australia, says Israel was never a “promised land” and debunks the claims put forward by Christian Zionists, explaining his interpretation of the Torah.  Read More…………….. www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacific-soul/pacific-soul/105829852?_sc=ODkwNDIxNyM3MDgw

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Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals

Israel will of course blame everybody else but this is a part of the Genocide that has been going on for 75 years – Peter Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sitesNina LakhaniIsraeli armed forces and settlers have attacked Palestinian water sources more than 250 times in the past five years, amounting to the most sustained assault on civilian water supplies in recent years, new research reveals.Bombs, dogs, poison and heavy machinery were among the

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