(Bethlehem) Najib Farag Saturday, 03 March 2007 Hundreds of Palestinians staged a nonviolent demonstration in Umm Salamuna Village as Israeli forces continue the confiscation of land for Wall construction throughout the Bethlehem District. Foreign and Israeli supporters joined in Friday’s action that was sponsored by grass roots and official groups that refuse to letContinue reading “Umm Salamuna anti-Wall demonstration: the nonviolent resistance will not be deterred”
Category Archives: Palestine
The Road Map to the Palestinians
This email was forwarded to me:The Road Map to the Palestinians – What is being offered to the Palestinians? United Nations “Partition Plan” to the Palestinians: You are going to have 47% of the 100% which was originally yours. “Oslo Agreement” to the Palestinians: You are going to have 22% of the 100% which wasContinue reading “The Road Map to the Palestinians”
Palestine Summer Encounter(s) – The More the Better for Palestine
At Holy Land Trust, we are excited to begin preparations for the 4th Annual Palestine Summer Encounter Program (PSE). We are expecting our biggest PSE gathering to take place this year in Bethlehem and you are most welcomed to be part of it. This program allows you the opportunity to come to Palestine and experience life, culture, and politicsContinue reading “Palestine Summer Encounter(s) – The More the Better for Palestine”
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”
KC Sabeel Conference – October 20th, 2006
Presentation by Mubarak Awad on “Creative Nonviolence”
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
The following is a link to an interview conducted by Vicky Rossi from the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research. INTERVIEW.
The Awad Family
by Lorin Peters When Sami realized, that night, that I had no family to eat with, he immediately said, “Come to dinner with us.” He didn’t tell me it would be a beautiful buffet at his father Bishara and mother Selwa’s home, or that his uncle Alex and his family, and two American pastors wouldContinue reading “The Awad Family”
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”
Sami Awad 