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Prayers for Peacemakers, February 27, 2013
Give thanks for God’s gift
to young Iraqi Kurds of openness and honesty in both naming violence in all its
forms and imagining alternatives. Ask for humility and reawakened hope of
older, “wiser” ones to listen, believe and act in new, redemptive ways.
Related Story: IRAQI KURDISTAN: Nonviolence 101
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The USA is gearing up for war with Iran. I’ve anticipated this war all my life, but I didn’t expect to feel quite so disoriented
In an age in which the act of bearing witness carries heightened risk, accompaniment comes with an increased personal toll. Here, two members of CPT Palestine reflect on a particularly tense morning.
Across the occupied West Bank including major cities like Hebron (Al-Khalil), Nablus, Ramallah, and many towns and villages, Israeli forces have significantly increased the installation of heavy metal gates and military checkpoints at entrances to Palestinian communities. These gates have become symbols of fragmentation, control, and hardship in the lives of ordinary Palestinians.
