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Guest post by Ecumenical Accompanier Jan McIntyre
Jan McIntyre is a Canadian woman just finishing her sencond term as an EAPPI member with the Jerusalem Team. The post below is lifted from her blog A Mosaic For Peace. It is a first hand witness to the rapid … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Bedouins, East Jerusalem, illegal settlements, International Law, Israeli Peace activists, land grab, outposts, Palestine, settlers
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Dear friends and blog followers: Last night, I watched as the athletes of the world gathered to celebrate a common humanity through peaceful competition in the Olympics. Israeli athletes, Canadian athletes, Palestinian athletes, American, British, Zambian, Saudi, Afghani…. so many, … Continue reading
United Church Conferences actions on Palestine/Israel
Across the United Church of Canada in the months of May and June Conference Annual meetings are occurring. At these meetings, proposals that lift up concerns about Palestine and Israel are being debated. The recently formed United network for a … Continue reading
Posted in EAPPI, peace in Israel, peace in the West Bank, Uncategorized
Tagged Boycott and divestment from settlement goods, EAPPI, Israel/Palestine, Kairos Palestine document, MNWO conference, Operation dove, South Hebron Hills, Suseya, United Church of Canada Middle East Working Group, UNJPPI
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Some exploration of Christian Zionism
I am reposting here a link to a video about Christian Zionism and Dispensationalist Theology. There are strong links between Christian fundamentalism and extreme Zionist views of Israel. There are direct monetary links between the religious right in the US … Continue reading
“We shall not be moved” I spent time last week in the United States, in Arizona, in the desert. Being in that landscape of rock and sand and sun brought my heart again to the days in Palestine. The major, … Continue reading
The Tent of Nations: a place for international dialogue and peace education
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Epiphany sermon shared at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church in Winnipeg
I was invited to preach for Epiphany and to share some of my experiences in Palestine as part of the message. Using power point, I incorporated many photographs from my time with EAPPI, many that I took and a … Continue reading
Location,Location, Location!
Eid Suleiman is one of the quiet heroes of whom I became aware while I lived in South Hebron Hills these past months. I have been thinking about him a great deal over recent weeks. Eid is a poet, an … Continue reading
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A visit to a sacred site.
This may sound quite irreverent but I have been living for three months in The Holy Land and have only just today felt the awesomeness of Sacred Space created by human hands. I have certainly felt the sacredness of ‘the … Continue reading
Posted in peace in Israel, peace in the West Bank, Uncategorized
Tagged inter-religious dialogue, Islam, Israel and Palestine, Jerusalem, peace, religion
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