Prayers for Peacemakers, September 3,
2014
Pray for the people of Gaza, tens of
thousands of whom remain homeless.
Aid organizations estimate that if Israel and Egypt continue to restrict
the importation of construction materials into Gaza, the rebuilding of homes
and infrastructure destroyed in the war this summer could take twenty years.
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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.