Category Archives: nonviolence

Nonviolent resistance: Wake up every day and ask yourself what you can do to resist the occupation

(Bethlehem) Najib Farag    Friday, 05 January 2007 Bethlehem’s Holy Land Trust, in cooperation with the European Union, is hosting a series of exercises  on popular nonviolent resistance to occupation. The workshops are part of an ongoing project of the last year and a half that have included cities and towns throughout the the WestContinue reading “Nonviolent resistance: Wake up every day and ask yourself what you can do to resist the occupation”

Christmas, but not much cheer in Bethlehem

By Shabtai Gold, Dec 24, 2006 Bethlehem, Dec 24 – Residents of Bethlehem are once again bracing for a bitter, disappointing Christmas. The West Bank city, which used to host around 100,000 pilgrims celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, expects to receive a fraction of that number this year. ‘There is hardly a Christmas feelingContinue reading “Christmas, but not much cheer in Bethlehem”

Voices of Struggle: A Voice More Powerful

The following are some comments from the Middle East Seminar on Nonviolence – Held in Amman, Jordan. November 1st 2006 Mansour: I’m involved because everyone needs a home, needs to have their needs met, and because I don’t want these things (violence) to happen to me. In nonviolence struggles you’re not weak, you’re not aContinue reading “Voices of Struggle: A Voice More Powerful”

Can a Nonviolent Movement in the Arab World be Established?

For three days now we have been meeting in Jordan in a conference that has been organized by NOVA (Active Nonviolence) in close relation with MAN (Movement for Nonviolent Alternative, The Gandhi Center in Italy, Un Ponte Per from Italy and Pax Christi Netherlands. The meetings have been under the title “A Seminar for trainersContinue reading “Can a Nonviolent Movement in the Arab World be Established?”

Is it the ‘worst of times’?

Once more as Palestinians we see ourselves making statements such as, “we are now living in the worst situation we have ever been in and it can’t get worse than this.” I have been hearing such statements for several years now. We all know what we will hear six months from now: “we are NOWContinue reading “Is it the ‘worst of times’?”

King in the Holy Land

(Bethlehem) Najib Farag    Friday, 15 September 2006 Martin Luther King Junior’s son is as dedicated to peace and justice as his father. The younger King walked the streets of Bethlehem this week in the company of Holy Land Trust Director, Sami Awad. King visited the Church of Nativity and took meetings with local officials,Continue reading “King in the Holy Land”

Three Proposals for a Strategy to oppose Israel Nonviolently

The Palestinian nonviolent movement is as old as the Palestinian liberation movement itself. As far back as the 1930’s, Palestinians engaged in nonviolent protests and demonstrations against the British Mandate authorities. This form of protest peaked with the breakout of the 1987 intifada. That uprising, which was for the most part nonviolent in nature, broughtContinue reading “Three Proposals for a Strategy to oppose Israel Nonviolently”

Through the Wall of Bethlehem: A Palm Sunday Witness

The following is an article written by a participant in the 2004 Annual Palm Sunday March from Bethlehem to Jerusalem.  We celebrate this Great Palm Sunday in Bethlehem as Jesus would have wished us to. We walked with the children, behind the donkeys, in solidarity with the Palestinians, to pray in Jerusalem. There was orderContinue reading “Through the Wall of Bethlehem: A Palm Sunday Witness”