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Ecumenical Accompanier's reports
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Accompanying Elections under Occupation: Between Ballots and Barbed Wire – Former U.S. President Carter and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem among those who hear Reports about Election Day in Palestine
Members of the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) delivered a series of reports on their observations from the recently concluded Palestinian elections to a gathering...
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Text from Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah
Text of the comments delivered by Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah January 10th at a meeting organized by the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). The EAPPI reported to...
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Elections bring change but the Occupation endures
The Palestinian people have voted and selected a new President. As expected, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) emerged victorious. Walking in Abu Dis, on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem, I noticed new changes at the Bawabe barrier,...
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Text from former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Text of the comments delivered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter January 10th at a meeting organized by the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). The EAPPI reported...
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Sweets at Christmas a small Consolation in Bethlehem
Christmas? “Humbug,†said Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. This year, “Israel is handing out baskets of candies to pilgrims crossing into Bethlehem†as a “goodwill gesture,†said Rafi...
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Soccer in Sebastia
In the closing days of the year, David from the U.K. and I felt a little adventurous. It was quite difficult to be active in Nablus at this stage, due both to final exams at the University and the holiday season of Christmas and...
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Machsom Watch at the Container Checkpoint
The day is grey and there is a steady mist at the Container checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem on this December afternoon. Young Palestinian men are queuing behind an iron gate, between concrete blocks. This is not a...
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Christmas in Nablus
There was no midnight mass in Nablus this year. The last Christmas Eve service finished at half past five. The reason is that people are afraid to go out at night.
One night last week a man died in the area where most of the...
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Land Grab in Jayyous
This report is illustrated by photos, click here to view them.
Every time I have a conversation with Palestinians or Israelis here about what people want, the word "peace" is constantly quoted. Why is it so difficult to achieve?...
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Looking for Jesus in Bethlehem
It is Christmas Eve, which is the public day of celebration. Christmas Day will be given over to the family - a day not exactly to be spent behind closed doors, but not in the same way as today; not on the streets or in public...
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