Category: Palestine & Israel
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The Story Behind “Holy Land”
I will be holding 2 talks about the book Holy Land, published in 2012. As with publishing the book, this is something that I’d prefer never have to do. However, the recent carnage in Gaza has reminded me that there’s still much to do, if we are to find Peace in the land flowing with…
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Israel & Palestine from a Distance
A friend from northern Israel told me a few days ago, except that the air siren sounded a couple of times in the first days of the war, life had mostly been okay, and the co-workers who had been drafted were returning to work. Another friend in Gaza, with whom I was able to communicate intermittently, told…
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Gathering & March for Peace Not War
Last Saturday, dozens of demonstrators gathered together in a call for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel amid the escalation in Gaza and southern Israel. 12 photos: Slideshow, Album
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Occupation, Enraged, Kibbutz
The 10th Hong Kong Social Movement Film Festival has scheduled screenings of Occupation 101 (21-Nov), Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment and Enraged (22-Nov)—three movies about Israel/Palestine—among other films on globalisation and oppressed people.
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Kairos Palestine
“A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of the Palestinian suffering.” Now available in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
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A Brief Recap of Israel/Palestine in Chinese, Rachel Corrie, and the Lynching in Jerusalem
A short recap, which has been published earlier in Christian Times (and available online, albeit behind a paywall), is reproduced on the Palestine Information Website—a Chinese-language website dedicated to the Israeli-Palestinian and related issues, set up by some Taiwanese advocates who’re inspired by Rachel Corrie—an American peace activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer 9 years ago when trying to stop…
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The Bible and Christian Zionism
The Chinese translation of the chapter the Bible and Christian Zionism from Rev. Alex Awad’s Palestinian Memories has been published on Christian Times in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Rev. Alex Awad, a Palestinian/Arab evangelical pastor, visited Hong Kong and Macau late last year, and gave a series of talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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From Hong Kong to Gaza (and Vice Versa)…
7,000 kilometers, months by land, weeks by sea, half a day by air, and now it’s only seconds away…
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How 60 Minutes Became a Terrorist Attack
Bob Simon: Mr. Ambassador, I’ve been doing this a long time. And I’ve received lots of reactions from just about everyone I’ve done stories about. But I’ve never gotten a reaction before from a story that hasn’t been broadcast yet. Michael Oren: Well, there’s a first time for everything, Bob. Above is an excerpt of…
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Christ at the Checkpoint 2012
The conference Christ at the Checkpoint 2012 was successfully held in Bethlehem last month. I was delighted that some Messianic Jews and their supporters accepted the sincere invitation by the Palestinian Christians, their brothers and sisters in Christ, to participate in the event. These two parties traditionally hold two very different views on the theology…