Sabeel Wave of Prayer
October 5th, 2017
October 5th, 2017
The Israeli government has
called on the Israeli Supreme Court to approve plans to demolish the entire
village of Khan Al Ahmar, a Palestinian Bedouin community, and forcibly
transfer its residents. The village consists of more than 40 Palestinian families.
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Lord, we turn to you as the Israeli courts lack
justice. We pray for courage for the Palestinian families, who live in fear and
uncertainty, to resist the government’s decision. Lord in your
mercy…
For the sixth consecutive day
on Sunday, the Israeli army is imposing a general closure on a cluster of
Palestinian villages in the central occupied West Bank. Human rights groups
denounce the closure as an act of “collective punishment” on tens of
thousands of innocent Palestinians. The closure comes after the shooting attack
that left three Israeli security forces dead alongside the Palestinian
assailant.
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Lord, we pray for the students who can’t go to
school. We remember the sick as the ambulances cannot reach hospitals, we pray
for the people who are not able to make it to worship. We pray for the
steadfastness of the Palestinian people whose rights continue to be violated by
the Israeli government’s measures. Lord in your mercy…
The Walled Off Hotel, was
opened by the artist Banksy earlier this year in Bethlehem. The hotel stands
just across from the Israeli Separation Wall in the Palestinian city of
Bethlehem. In a ceremony in London, the hotel was granted the award of the
leading culture destination as the best Art Hotel in the World.
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Lord, we give thanks to all our friends who use
art as creative resistance. May the people of goodwill continue to expose the
ugly Israeli occupation and help the Palestinian people win back their freedom. Lord in your mercy…
On Monday, the municipality of
the illegally united Jerusalem distributed demolition notices for several
Palestinian homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya. The
orders have been issued for allegedly building homes without permits, that for
Palestinians, are almost impossible to acquire. Since 1967, the government of
Israel has directly engaged in the construction of 55,000 units for Israelis in
Occupied East Jerusalem; in contrast with fewer than 600 units, in the same
period of time, for Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the last of which were
built 40 years ago.
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Lord, the Israeli discriminatory measures show
no mercy to our Palestinian people. We pray in solidarity with the different
Palestinian families who face the possibility of losing their homes. We pray
for the end of the oppression of the Palestinians in Jerusalem. Lord in
your mercy…
There is fresh hope that the
division within the Palestinian people that has lasted for a whole decade will
come to an end. The unity government, including Fatah and Hamas met last
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 in Gaza.
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We pray for the talks held this week between
Hamas and the Fatah delegation towards ending their division. We pray that this
meeting will serve as a significant step towards Palestinian national
reconciliation and new elections. Lord in your mercy…
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We join the World Council of Churches in
praying for the countries of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Lord in your
mercy…
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