Last week several thousand people mostly
from Israel's Jewish Ethiopian minority protested in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem against discrimination
and police brutality after a video emerged showing officers beating an Israeli
soldier of Ethiopian origin in an unprovoked attack. Protests erupted into
clashes with police, causing injuries. Lord,
we pray for an end to discrimination in all its forms in Israel against ethnic,
religious and national minorities. Lord
in your mercy…
A recent study by a right-wing organization in Israel found that 2,026 settlement homes are built on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. The study was conducted in support of possible legislation to expropriate land from Palestinian owners in exchange for reparations. Lord, we pray for an end to all efforts to take over Palestinian land through illegal settlement building, which creates an obstacle to peace in Palestine Israel and the whole region. Lord in your mercy…
Last weekend a march of Palestinian journalists was met
with tear gas and stun grenades by Israeli forces as the marchers marked World
Press Freedom Day and protested Israel’s violations of freedom of press. As of
April, 20 Palestinian journalists were being held in Israeli prisons and as
many as 17 were killed during the 50-day military offensive in Gaza, including
an Italian photographer. Lord, we pray that
all journalists, but especially those who cover the Palestine Israel conflict,
are able to tell their stories without fear of suppression. Lord in your mercy…
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