After several months of
discernment, evaluation and prayer, Christian Peacemaker Teams have chosen to
restart their Hebron
team. We thank God for CPT’s presence in the midst of violence and settlement
expansion. We pray that they may remain safe and resolute in their work of
“getting in the way.”
Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Israel and Palestine
on Saturday. We pray that he will have opportunity to see and comprehend the realities
of life in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories.
May his pilgrimage offer encouragement to the shrinking Palestinian Christian community
who are leaving because of the brutality of living under occupation.
This weekend, Sabeel will host a
dialogue event for young adults from Jerusalem,
the West Bank, and Nazareth.
The participants will spend two days together enjoying cultural events, sharing
meals, and cleaning a Muslim cemetery and a church in Ma’lul, a mixed
Christian/Muslim village that was depopulated during the Palestinian Nakba of
1948. We pray that these young adults will develop new relationships and learn
from the story of Ma’lul.
Last Friday, the United Nations’ Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued a report highlighting the issues of house demolitions
and evictions of Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the increase in Israeli
settlers in East Jerusalem. The UN called on Israel to
uphold the Geneva Convention. We pray that Israel will follow this path and
seek to act legally and justly.
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