Prayers for
Peacemakers, September 14, 2016 Palestine
Pray for the children and teachers of Hebron’s Old City, who
have begun their school year and must pass through checkpoints that
the Israeli military expanded and fortified over the summer.
Any interactions they have with soldiers are now largely hidden from the
view of monitoring organizations like Christian Peacemaker Teams.
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Earlier this year, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – the PKK – announced it would disband, bringing to a close a decades-long armed struggle against the
In August, CPT Reservist Maggie Hindley returned to Al Khalil/Hebron after a few years. She reunited with those she’d met before, and reflects on the changes in their daily lives after two years of war in Gaza.
Seven months on from the PKK’s unilateral ceasefire, bombardments and attacks by the Turkish Armed Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan seem to have ceased. But the increasing military presence by both actors makes the situation appear fragile.