Prayers for Peacemakers 20 July 2020 Palestine
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.
al-Khalil (Hebron)
Prayers for Peacemakers 29 April 2020 Palestine
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.
Prayers for Peacemakers, 18 March 2020 Palestine
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.
In the heart of Hebron: new Israeli settlement would have severe repercussions for the Palestinian community
“I’ve always had the hope that Shuhada Street will be reopened to Palestinians and that we will be able to restore the shops and community life in that area,” says Abu Adam, who grew up in al-Khalil (Hebron). “My dad used to tell me stories of when he would shop from the vegetable market in the Old City. It’s hard for me to see that the life my dad experienced in his hometown, I am not going to experience. And there’s a possibility that the next generation won’t see that life either, because of the Israeli strategy of stealing land.”
Prayers for Peacemakers, 5 February 2020 Palestine
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.
Prayers for Peacemakers 25 December 2019
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.
Advent Reflection: Meet CPT Reservists Sarah & Jonathan
We love people, the planet, and powerful peacemaking! Also we love ice cream, sunshine, and "building partnerships to transform violence and oppression." For real! We didn't just write that because it's CPT's mission statement. Like our time with CPT, this phrase continues to inform us as we work with many communities to deepen their spiritual activism.
Take Action: CPT Rejects the Revised US Position on Israeli Settlements
On November 18, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a news conference, “the establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not per se inconsistent with international law.” Pompeo’s comment reverses a forty year US foreign policy position. This counter-productive decision has been condemned by Palestinians, the United Nations, and the European Union among others.
Christian Peacemaker Teams, whose history of working for peace and justice in Occupied Palestine dates back to 1995, rejects the revised position of the U.S. government.
PALESTINE: Lessons from Hong Kong
When millions of people are in an open struggle for freedom, the world takes notice. The Green Movement in Iran, the Arab Spring, the Maidan in Ukraine, are just some of the recent challenges to authoritarianism that have drawn global admiration—and headlines. Now it is Hong Kong’s turn.
PALESTINE: Hebron will remain an icon
“Al-Khalil will remain an icon of the resistance to occupation and settlements.”
These were the words on one of the placards carried by hundreds of demonstrators in al-Khalil (Hebron) on 26 November. Palestinians marched peacefully from the Russian Orthodox monastery, known locally as al-Maskobiyeh, through the heart of the city. Some of the demonstrators carried their message right up to the line of Israeli soldiers blocking the route through the Bab az-Zawiyah intersection near the Old City.
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