al-Khalil (Hebron)

We give thanks for the children in our lives who take brave steps in troublesome times, who gift us with their refreshing insights, and who boldly imagine a new world.

Pray that the Palestinians of the Old City in Al Khalil/Hebron might find comfort during this holy month of Ramdan. This week they were reminded once again of the apartheid system they live under when Israeli soldiers sealed off a neighborhood so Hebron settlers could celebrate Israeli Independence Day.

Please hold the people of Palestine in your hearts and minds.  In particular, we ask you to remember the following young lives so cruelly and unnecessarily cut short by in February:  Salah Zakarneh, age 17 years, killed by a bullet through his chest from a Palestinian Authority Security Forces’ gun in the village of Qabatiya near Nablus, and Mohammad Salman Toameh Al-Hadad age 16 years, also killed by a bullet through his chest, but from an Israeli soldier’s gun, in the city of Hebron. Please remember their families as they mourn and begin to grieve for the loss of their sons and brothers.

Say a special prayer for the people of Palestine this month, who for decades have never experienced peace, but instead continue to experience violence, torture, marginalization, and oppression.

Christian Peacemaker Teams Palestine urges you to join us in praying for God to give us the strength to continue the struggle against oppressors and the agents of military occupation in this Holy Land and to continue to stand firm beside our Palestinian partners, neighbors and friends who have faced oppression, displacement, suffering and apartheid for more than six decades.