Month: May 2026

y Jonathan Kuttab May 15 is commemorated in Israel as Independence Day, marking the creation of the Jewish state of Israel. Palestinians, however, mark it as the day of their Nakba (“Catastrophe”). The two concepts are closely, intractably linked: the creation of the state of Israel would have been impossible to accomplish without the Nakba.… Continue reading Nakba Day 78

Dear Friends and Supporters, On Wednesday 27 May 2026, 6:00pm AEST, join Palestinian Christians in Australia,  Aotearoa Christians for Peace in Palestine in partnership with the Pacific Conference of Churches for a powerful live Webinar with Dr. Brian Dunn, church historian and lecturer at Pasifika Communities University (PCU) in Fiji, as he examines the history of Christian Zionism parallel… Continue reading Live Webinar: Interrogating Colonial Narratives in the Pacific

Julian Borgerin Jerusalem Israeli PM says he has ‘full coordination’ with US president amid reports that Washington no longer consults him Benjamin Netanyahu interrupted an uncharacteristically long silence over the Iran conflict this week with a video commentary insisting he had “full coordination” with Donald Trump, with whom he spoke “almost daily”. The insistence that… Continue reading ‘They have screwed each other pretty badly’: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance

by Jonathan Kuttab “And the Light is the test by which people are guilty or not. People love darkness more than the Light because the things they do are sinful” (John 3:19). In 1993, the UN General Assembly declared May 3 as World Press Freedom Day, celebrating journalists internationally as agents of freedom and light… Continue reading Journalists as Agents of Light

Last week, Layan Nasir was released from Damon prison in Israel and was reunited with her family and friends in Birzeit after serving a 7-and-a-half-month sentence. 25-year old Layan Nasir, a member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Birzeit, was first violently kidnapped and detained in 2021 for months under Israel’s administrative detention policy, which allows military authorities to hold Palestinians for an indefinite amount of time without charge… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

Last week, the Palestine marathon was held for the first time in three years in Bethlehem and Gaza. The Palestine marathon is an annual event for many Palestinians locally and around the world, and participants run to tell a different story about Palestine as well as the effect of Israel’s Occupation on Palestinians’ freedom of movement. This year’s marathon was centered on hope. In Gaza, 2,523 people, including 15… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

On February 15, after over three years of harassment and abuse from Israeli authorities since he was 16 years old, Shadi Khoury (Sabeel co-founder Samia Khoury’s grandson) was sentenced to 32 months in prison and a fine equivalent to $3,836  His family then submitted an appeal against the conviction and sentence, along with a request to freeze the order for Shadi to… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

The Global Sumud Flotilla   Photo: Brahim Guedich   by Jonathan Kuttab On Wednesday, a flotilla of 55 ships carrying humanitarian relief to Gaza was intercepted in international waters off the Greek Islands by armed Israeli naval vessels. The Israelis forcefully boarded 20 ships, kidnapping 175 of their occupants, who come from many countries, and… Continue reading The Global Sumud Flotilla

Rightwing Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid announce new party before Knesset vote expected later this year Somebody needs to stop the evil – Peter The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing the prospect of running against a rightwing-centrist super coalition in elections later this year after two of his most formidable political rivals combined… Continue reading ‘Israel must change direction’: Netanyahu rivals join forces for next election

God bless him – Peter Pope Leo XIV has positioned himself as the most political pope in many years. The consequences are being felt in Israel and the territories as well Last Sunday, exactly one week after Easter, the U.S. president took to social media to launch an attack on the pope. Donald Trump declared… Continue reading After Clash With Trump, Pope Leo Sets New Goal: To Stop Settler Violence