By: office|27 June, 2012|Categories: Previous Events
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When a Palestinian Jew meets an Israeli Palestinian Christian On 21st May, around 50 young adults gathered at All Hallows on the Wall Church in London for an evening with Mark Braverman and the Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek, two figures at the forefront of the movement for justice and peace in Israel-Palestine. Young adults already familiar with the effects of…
Read more »By: office|26 June, 2012|Categories: Wave of Prayer
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Sabeel Wave of Prayer - Thursday 28th June 2012 We rejoice that the pension fund giant TIAA-CREF removed Caterpillar, Inc. from its Social Choice Funds portfolio. Catepillar, Inc. is a corporation responsible for producing regular and weaponized bulldozers used by the Israeli military to demolish Palestinian homes, destroy agricultural land, crops, and to construct settlements. On May 1, 2012, financial…
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Sabeel Wave of Prayer – Thursday 21st June 2012 The entire Palestinian village of Susya received demolition orders from the Israeli Civil Administration last week. Not only dwelling structures, but also animal pens, water cisterns, and a solar-powered electricity system are in imminent danger of being demolished (some for the fifth time) by Israeli army forces. The rights of Susya’s Palestinian…
Read more »The Bible, Zionism and Palestine conference, hosted by the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, brought together academics, activists and clergy from around the country and abroad to discuss the role that the Bible has played and continues to play in Palestine and Israel. The conference was spread over 3 gloriously sunny days, the 24- 26th May,…
Read more »Fatal Embrace by Mark Braverman. Mark was one of the speakers at Friends of Sabeel UK’s 2012 conference. Read a review of his book here . Available from the Friends of Sabeel UK office: price £15.
Read more »Sabeel Wave of Prayer – Thursday 14th June 2012 In the last few weeks, initiatives in three Western church denominations called for targeted divestment campaigns from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation (the Quakers, the Unitarian Universalists and the Presbyterians). Their efforts give hope that an increasing number of US American Christians and their churches are hearing the cries of the…
Read more »This year’s FOSUK Conference and AGM was held in an industrial and business area of Cowley, Oxford. This might not sound the most promising place to welcome people to an important day, but it turned out that the CMS building in Oxford, which houses the FoSUK office, made an excellent conference centre, with plenty of parking and a modern building…
Read more »Amnesty International says removal of Palestinians from solitary confinement a positive step, but Israel should do more to protect prisoners’ rights AI 16 May — “We hope that these commitments signal a new approach by the Israeli authorities founded on respect for prisoners’ human rights,” said Ann Harrison, deputy director, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa program. “However, two…
Read more »‘Developer misled settlers’ moving onto Palestinian land TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma‘an) 15 May — Israeli media reported Tuesday that a housing developer allegedly lied to an Israeli couple who had purchased a home in the illegal Ulpana Hill West Bank outpost. The Haaretz newspaper reported Tuesday that the developer told the couple that the land on which their unit was…
Read more »ISRAEL: The injustice and secrecy surrounding administrative detention. An article from Amnesty International’s website: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20152 For the report ‘Starved of justice: Palestinians detained without trial by Israel’ by Amnesty International click here.
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