The Sabeel Australia web page has been updated to include additional pages with important information for members and supporters of our Association. Under the ABOUT menu, you will now find additional pages, including: Mailings: PDF versions of material distributed by post, including inserts when copies of the Cornerstone magazine are distributed. Membership Form: for people… Continue reading Information for members
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No Free Trade Agreement
Please write to your Federal MP to stop Australia signing a Free Trade Agreement with Israel … The Australian Trade Minister wants to sign a free-trade agreement with Israel this year! Minister for Trade, Dan Tehan, has just received a report from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. A report based on an inquiry… Continue reading No Free Trade Agreement
Australian petition calling for targetted sanctions against Israel tabled in Australian Parliament
From the Australian Parliament website: Petition Reason Successive Israeli governments have severely discriminated against and brutally dominated Palestinians since the Nakba of 1948. The latest attacks in Gaza and throughout East Jerusalem, the West Bank and inside Israel show that the Nakba has never ended. The systematic oppression of Palestinians amounts to grave breaches of… Continue reading Australian petition calling for targetted sanctions against Israel tabled in Australian Parliament
Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism
The Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism was issued 15 years ago by Palestinian Christian churches on August 22, 2006. The signatories were Patriarch Michel Sabbah, Archbishop Swerios Malki Mourad, Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal, and Bishop Munib Younan. You can read the Jerusalem Declaration on Anti-Semitism here.
Jubilee theology
The Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem has a focus on natural justice, by which I mean, “justice for nature.” It is often overlooked that the plants and animals, and the fragile eco-system which they comprise, are among the many direct victims of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. A truly Palestinian liberation theology, such as Sabeel… Continue reading Jubilee theology
Welcome to Palestine
Like a traditional Palestinian restaurant in the back streets of Bethlehem, the Welcome to Palestine website was a delightful discovery today. From the ABOUT page: Welcome to Palestine will strive to present useful information on the villages, towns, and cities within the West Bank and, in due course, Gaza. We highlight the best of Palestinian food… Continue reading Welcome to Palestine
4000 years of Palestine
My copy of this important volume—first published in 2018—arrived in the post today. It will provide some engaging reading during the current COVID lockdown. In a brief review in Publishers Weekly, we are told that Masalha, a historian at SOAS University of London, unravels the convenient Western romanticization of Palestine before 1948 as “a land… Continue reading 4000 years of Palestine
Wave of prayer
Excerpts from this week’s Wave of Prayer from Sabeel in Jerusalem … On Wednesday, the 11th of August, the Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, approved the construction of 863 Palestinian homes in Israeli controlled Area C, mostly in Jenin and Bethlehem. At the same time the Israeli Civil Administration agreed to the construction of more than… Continue reading Wave of prayer
US role in Palestine
August 19 is World Humanitarian Day. As we advocate for the “safety and security of humanitarian aid workers, and for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises” around the world, it is not without irony that we analyze U.S. cuts to humanitarian aid to Palestine and the Palestinians. Our guest for this… Continue reading US role in Palestine
Jerusalem fires
We pray for all those affected by the massive fires burning around Jerusalem at the present time. See this update from Reuters news agency. Lord, we pray for your creation, and we seek justice, reconciliation and peace for all your creatures: the land, the waters, the sky, the plants, the animals, and the humans of… Continue reading Jerusalem fires