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October 7 Epixel: “Truly I |
Prayers for Peacemakers, October
3, 2012
Ask that the Holy Spirit may move in Israeli and Palestinian
peacemakers to persuade minds set on “sovereignty,” exclusion and violence in
Al-Khalil (Hebron) of the joyful possibilities of building constructive, mutually
beneficial, neighborly relations instead.
For decades, international media has painted the Palestinian struggle in terms of terrorism, while Israeli occupation, ethnic cleansing, and human rights violations against Palestinians are attributed to self-defence.
How quickly corporations and governments move to destroy Indigenous sacred spaces, while in contrast, Christian sites are respected and preserved.
Musbah chooses to maintain his shop by the checkpoint and offer his space as a refuge to children when the Israeli occupation soldiers attack, even when it puts him and his family in danger.