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Deuteronomy and some of God’s requirements for his people
Read Deuteronomy 10:18-19 and 24:17-22 about what is required of God’s people. Then read the following 2 articles: Israeli Occupation Builds Villas for Carmel Settlers, Destroys the Hut of their Widow Neighbor. YOU Can Do Something about it, Assaf Oron Miyaser Al-Hatheleen is a 45-year-old woman living in Umm al-Kheir, South Hebron Hills. Her house was first demolished by the…
Read more »2 Articles about the Citizenship Issue
See below for 2 articles about the Citizenship Law that has recently been confimed in the Knessett. Israel ‘denied residency to thousands of Palestinians’ BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli policies have arbitrarily denied thousands of Palestinians the right to live in or travel to and from the West Bank and Gaza, an international rights group said Sunday. “Israel’s control over…
Read more »Sabeel Wave of Prayer – Thursday 9th February 2012
Sabeel Wave of Prayer, Thursday, February 9, 2012 The outer walls of the Jerusalem Monastery of the Cross now display the words “Death to Christians.” The graffiti bears the marks of “Price Tag,” a Jewish extremist movement which has been responsible for vandalism also on Muslim places of worship and homes in Palestine. Reports from various news sources state…
Read more »Article by Gideon Levy, Haaretz.com, 29th January 2012
God rules all in 2012 Israel, even the state. “Israel: Not what you thought, not what the world thought, not what Israelis imagine themselves to think. Israeli society isn’t secular, it isn’t liberal and it isn’t enlightened”. To see the article by Gideon Levy for Haaretz.com click here
Read more »Sabeel Wave of Prayer – Thursday 2nd February 2012
Sabeel Wave of Prayer – Thursday 2nd February 2012 How many times must a house get knocked down, before the bulldozers will halt? The Israeli army demolished Beit Arabiya, the Peace Center of the Israeli Coalition Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD), for the fifth time last week. They also destroyed structures of Bedouins in the Anata area, leaving 20 people, including…
Read more »Sabeel Wave of Prayer – Thursday 26th January 2012
Sabeel Wave of Prayer – Thursday 26th January 2012 We pray for the churches of Jerusalem, as they celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. May their prayers be turned into concrete ecumenical endeavors that draw Christians from all denominations closer together, for the glory of God and the strengthening of Christian witness in the land. Lord in…
Read more »Citizenship bar for Palestinian spouses
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
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
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A Message from Sabeel’s International Patron, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Please see below for the Advent / Christmas message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A Message from Sabeel’s International Patron, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Read more »Sabeel Wave of Prayer – Thursday 19th January 2012
Sabeel Wave of Prayer - Thursday 19th January 2012 We mourn the recent legislation, “the nationality and entry into Israel law,” passed by the Knesset. This law ends all hope of family unification for Arab families, as it obstructs people from the West Bank or other Arab “enemy countries” from living in Israel, even if they are married to an Arab Israeli. …
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