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Sabeel Wave of Prayer - Thursday 29th December 2011   We pray for the millions affected by the typhoon in the Philippines. On December 17th, storms triggered flash floods that caused the death of more than 1,250 people (and 1,000 people still missing).  Soil erosion, over-logged forests, and environmental degradation amplified the destructive effects of the typhoon. We are grateful for the many churches…

Sabeel Wave of Prayer, Thursday, December 22, 2011   Extreme settler violence continued in and around Nablus and Hebron this week.  Stones launched by illegal Jewish settlers also struck the bus full of students from Bethlehem Bible College as it returned from a choir concert. Settler violence against Palestinians increased by 50% in 2011, and has terrorized people, agricultural land,…

  Sabeel Wave of Prayer, Thursday, December 15, 2011  We pray for Sabeel Nazareth’s Christmas community celebration this week, taking place despite recent anti-Christian discrimination in the region.  The mayor of Nazareth Illit, an Israeli town with a 40,000 population and 7% Arab Christian minority, decided to ban the public display of Christmas trees.  Calling Nazareth Illit “a Jewish city”…

Sabeel Wave of Prayer, Thursday, December 8, 2011  “Wisdom calls aloud in the street, raising her voice in the public squares…” We cry out with lady Wisdom today as we mourn the ongoing sexual harassment and violation of female-bodied people.  Several high profile rape and murder cases in Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Palestine surfaced this week, reminding us of the daily…