Eye witnesses:
Ecumenical Accompanier's reports
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When the Phone rings at 6:30 - Demolition Day in Al Walaje
When the phone rings at 6:30 a.m. in our flat here in Bethlehem we know that it is not a social call. Attah is calling from Al Walaje to say that there are a lot of police and soldiers in the village. We are out of the house and...
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Conversations with Israelis working against the Occupation
It has been my enriching experience over the past few months to talk with Israeli peace activists as we have picked olives, monitored checkpoints, and demonstrated against the Occupation of Palestinian land. This letter...
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Where is the Rainbow?
Today is the fourth consecutive time that I have written “Wet Day†against the weather space in my diary. Not that the rain has been continuous; but it has been persistent. The skies have been dull and overcast, but not with...
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Bitter Harvest in Jayyous
Gate 25 sounds as if it ought to belong to an International Airport, but the reality is that it is part of the “Security Fence†that separates the village of Jayyous from most of its fertile fields and fruit groves. Eight...
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Caritas comes to Nahhalin
Medicine should be without frontiers, and part of a proud professional tradition is that medical help is provided on the basis of need, not of political or racial creed. However, it is naïve to think that the political...
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Darkness or Light?
The church was ablaze with light. Every lamp was lit, every candle burning. The priest in his golden- coloured robes seemed to be part of the light. And that was appropriate, for this was January 6th (Epiphany), the day when...
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Herodion and the Separation Wall – History repeating itself?
If you like to spend your time visiting the ruins of castles and the like, then when you come to this part of the world, a visit to Herodion would be on your list. Looking at it from a distance, (and it is very visible from a...
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John - Seller of Treasure to Tourists
I met John on Christmas Eve on my way to Manger Square. He invited me into his shop, just as he had invited many others that day with the promise of a good price and some discount. I find Bethlehem traders, almost without...
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‘Excuse Me; I’m not sure I heard what you said’
In 386 A.D. the city of Rome had been invaded by the Visigoths, and it seemed as if the superpower of that era might be under terminal assault. Jerome, a giant of scholarship in the ancient world, left to come to Bethlehem in...
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Jam Session for Peace
People in the crowd gathered in a West Jerusalem café are smiling while listening to six musicians improvising live music. It’s not easy mixing together traditional Arabic music with Western sounds. But if the genre that...
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