Democracy in Israel would mean an end to apartheid. That is not what the Israeli protesters want. Over the weekend, tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities to protest what they see as an erosion of their country’s democracy. The demonstrations were sparked by legislation announced by Prime Minister… Continue reading Israelis are not demonstrating for democracy
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Despite pressure from pro-Israel groups, Education Department doesn’t adopt controversial antisemitism definition
Despite pressure from pro-Israel groups, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has not embraced the controversial IHRA working definition of antisemitism This month the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a new fact sheet detailing protections for students who are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or of any other religious group. The… Continue reading Despite pressure from pro-Israel groups, Education Department doesn’t adopt controversial antisemitism definition
Over 90 UN Member States Condemn Israel’s Sanctions Against Palestinian Authority
Israel’s new government kicked off the year by slapping a series of sanctions on the PA in response to its request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Israel’s occupation More than 90 United Nations member states on Tuesday rejected Israel’s punitive measures imposed against the Palestinian Authority,… Continue reading Over 90 UN Member States Condemn Israel’s Sanctions Against Palestinian Authority
2 Charged over Cemetery Damage
Two people have now been charged after the desecration of a Christian cemetery on Mt Zion in Jerusalem. The opening paras of the news story read as follows: The Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office filed indictments against two Jewish teens on Monday after they broke into the Protestant Christian cemetery on Mount Zion and desecrated more… Continue reading 2 Charged over Cemetery Damage
Wave of Prayer 19/1/23
Kumi Now will focus on the city of Jerusalem on Tuesday, the 24th of January. The United Nations’ Partition Plan in 1947 resolved that the city of Jerusalem would be an internationally administered city. However the Israeli government has taken steps to gain full Israeli sovereignty over the city, especially since the 1967 annexation of… Continue reading Wave of Prayer 19/1/23
APAN Conference
SABEEL will be attending the below Conference and Omar Haramy from Jerusalem will be running a seminar with the focus on 750,000 Palestinians were driven out or fled in fright from their homeland in the face of the brutal onslaught of the Zionist underground militias. When we look back, we can discern a three-fold Nakba.… Continue reading APAN Conference
Kairos Palestine links
The following links were shared by participants during the webinar with Nora Carmi on 16 July 2022: Kairos Palestinehttps://www.kairospalestine.ps/https://www.facebook.com/groups/365311285573/members Kairos Palestine Document https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/documents/kairos-palestine-document The Bethlehem Call: https://kairossouthernafrica.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/the-bethlehem-call-here-we-stand-stand-with-us/ The July Dossier: https://www.kairospalestine.ps/index.php/resources/publication/a-dossier-on-israeli-apartheid-a-pressing-call-to-churches-around-the-world https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/Mss/MHE/mhe-sc.php Cry for Hope:https://www.cryforhope.org/media/attachments/2020/06/30/cry-for-hope-english.pdf WCC General Secretary https://www.oikoumene.org/news/rev-prof-dr-jerry-pillay-elected-as-new-wcc-general-secretary Joyce Larko Steiner https://worlddayofprayer.net/latest-news.html Alternative Tourism group https://greenolivetours.com/alternative-tourism-group/http://atg.ps/ A new reflection on Realpolitik from Jonathan Khuttab yesterday: https://www.fosna.org/the-fosna-blog/remembering-1967-nht83-s5hc3-zpcl3-trtyd-e5438
2022 July Update
JULY WEBINAR – NORA CARMI Please join us this Saturday, 16 July at 5.00pm, for a fascinating hour with Palestinian advocate, Norma Arsenian-Carmi. Nora was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, a few months before the establishment of Israel in 1948. Since 1967, she has been a permanent resident of East Jerusalem. Conflict is something she is very familiar… Continue reading 2022 July Update
June 2022 Update
For members of the Sabeel Australia community JULY WEBINAR – NORA CARMI Please join us at 5.00pm on Saturday, 16 July for a fascinating hour with Palestinian advocate, Nora Arsenian-Carmi. Nora was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, a few months before the establishment of Israel in 1948. Since 1967, she has been a permanent resident of… Continue reading June 2022 Update
Global Kairos Asia-Pacific
“Embracing Solidarities through Sharing Stories of Struggles to Resist Empires” – Statement following a four day consultation organized by Global Kairos for Asia Pacific Palestine Solidarity (GKAPPS) in collaboration with the Academy for Contextual Theologies in Taiwan (ACTT), 27–30 April 2022. Read the statement …