The following news items are about the law, approved by Israel’s parliament in 2003, that prevents Palestinian spouses from gaining Israeli citizenship. Israel upholds citizenship bar for Palestinian spouses from the BBC website on 12th January 2012. Lifting ban on Palestinian spouses is “national suicide”: Israel court from the Al-Akhbar website on 19th January 2012.
Read more »The Arab Re-Awakening and the Hopes for a Palestinian State: Hind Khoury Ambassador Hind Khoury was the delegate general of Palestine in France (2006-10) and a former Palestinian minister of state for Jerusalem affairs. She is Deputy Chair of the Board of Sabeel Jerusalem. Click here for her article in the Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol 18, No 1, 2012
Read more »Please see below for the Advent / Christmas message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A Message from Sabeel’s International Patron, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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