39. Jerusalem Church Leaders show Support for EAPPI and Palestinian Communities
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Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan, with Greek Melkite Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad in the background, being greeted in Tulkarem.
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From left: Abu Azzam of the Jayyous Land Defense Committee; Ramzi Zananiri, Executive Director of the Near East Council of Churches; Rev. Wandile Kuse, Ecumenical Accompanier from South Africa; Bishop Munib Younan, Lutheran Church; Patriarch Michel Sabbah, Roman Catholic Church; Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, Greek Catholic Church; Ann-Catrin Andersson, Ecumenical Accompanier from Sweden. They are all standing at the South Gate in Jayyous, one of only two access points for the farmers to their lands, when it is open.
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Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad greets Abu Yousef in Jayyous. Abu Yousef, from nearby Azzoun, along with his wife are the last Christians in the area.
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Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, deputy mayor of Tulkarem Abla Awwad, Bishop Munib Younan, Patriarch Michel Sabbah, and Tulkarem governor Izeldine al-Shariff (l. to r.).
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Bishop Munib Younan and Rev. Wandile Kuse, a South African Ecumenical Accompanier, sharing a lighter moment in the village of Deir Algsoun outside Tulkarem.
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Bishop Munib Younan, Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, and Patriarch Michel Sabbah (l. to r.) discussing their next move.
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Ecumenical Accompanier Ann-Catrin Andersson from Sweden, Bishop Munib Younan, Patriarch Michel Sabbah, Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, and Ecumenical Accompanier Rev. Wandile Kuse from South Africa (l. to r.). They are standing in front of the Accompaniers' residence in Jayyous.
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Following a meeting of Muslim, Christian and civil leaders in Nablus, the group posed for a photograph. From left: Mukhtar Jamal Saade, Father Hussan Na'um (local Anglican priest), Father Jalil Awad (local Roman Catholic priest), Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad, Imam Azzam al-Aker (head of the Nablus region Islamic Sharia'a Court), Zuher ad-Dubby (head of the local Islamic Waqf), Patriarch Michel Sabbah, John Karlsrud (Norwegian Ecumenical Accompanier), Bishop Munib Younan, Larry Fata (EAPPI Communications Officer), Ylva Karlsson (Swedish Ecumenical Accompanier), and Father George Awad (local Greek Orthodox priest). Kneeling (l. to r.): Ramzi Zananiri (Executive Director of the Near East Council of Churches) and Catherine Nichols (EAPPI Local Programme Coordinator).
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Imam Azzam al-Aker, head of the Nablus region Islamic Sharia'a Court; Patriarch Michel Sabbah; and Mahmoud al-Aloul, governor of Nablus (l. to r.) sharing lunch in Nablus.
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In front of the Tulkarem municipal building (from left): Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad of the Greek Catholic (Melkite) Church, EAPPI Communications Officer Larry Fata, South African Ecumenical Accompanier Rev. Wandile Kuse, Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan, and Swedish Ecumenical Accompanier Ann-Catrin Andersson.
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Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah (far right) being interviewed by Palestinian television. Bishop Munib Younan (center) and Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad listen on.
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Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah being interviewed by Palestinian television. In his hand is the PENGON publication "Stop the Wall."
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Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan (2nd from the left), and Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah (3rd from the left) walking towards the "Separation Fence" in the village of Deir Algsoun, outside Tulkarem. Greek Melkite Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad can be seen just behind the first group.
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Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan and Latin (Roman Catholic) Patriarch Michel Sabbah (l. to r.) in Tulkarem.
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Mtanios Haddad, Archimandrite of the Greek Catholic (Melkite) Church in Jerusalem, greets Ann-Catrin Andersson, a Swedish Ecumenical Accompanier, in Tulkarem
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Rev. Wandile Kuse (left), South African Ecumenical Accompanier, with Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah.
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The delegation being greeted by community leaders in Jayyous. Ecumenical Accompanier Ann-Catrin Andersson from Sweden (back to the camera) listens on.
