Wednesday, May 6, 2015

30/04/2015- English

Three young Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces this week: a 17-year-old boy in East Jerusalem who allegedly ran towards soldiers wielding a knife, an 18-year-old boy in Jenin as he breached the separation barrier, and a 20-year-old man who stabbed and wounded a soldier at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron where soldiers prevented Palestinians from worshipping.  Merciful God, we pray that Israel’s chronic military occupation—the root cause of the conflict— will end so that all people can live with their rights and dignity in this land. Lord in your mercy…

To protest the recent home demolitions in Israel, the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee called for a general strike in the Arab sector in Israel on Tuesday, including schools, businesses and municipal councils.  Lord, we pray for an end to Israel’s policy causing a housing crisis in Arab communities and its unjust practice of demolishing homes of Arab citizens of Israel.  Lord in your mercy…

Last week a Jewish group in Canada threatened to derail the Friends of Sabeel conference in Vancouver on Christian Zionism.  Lord, we are grateful that the conference was very successful and filled with rich stories and important presentations examining the negative impact of Christian Zionism on a just peace.  Lord in your mercy…

Lord, we are thankful for our Nazareth office and ask for your blessing on its programs this week including a children’s meeting and two visits with French groups.  Lord in your mercy… 


We pray alongside the World Council of Churches for the countries Eritrea and Ethiopia.  Lord in your mercy… 

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