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Palestinian Christians in Gaza fear being ‘swept under the rubble or into the desert’
Hundreds of Gaza’s Christian families are either sheltering in a church or have fled south, marking Christmas only as another day of Israel’s deadly assault.
By
Fatima AbdulKarim
December 28, 2023
‘The escalation is frightening’: Jerusalem Christians fear for their future
The city’s dwindling Christian community is facing a spike in hate crimes under the far-right government, with possible ramifications for Israel’s ties abroad.
By
Natan Odenheimer
July 14, 2023
Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations marred by Israel’s COVID orders
Israeli travel restrictions have crippled Bethlehem's biggest tourist season, with Palestinian Christians criticizing their occupier's decisions as political.
By
Samah Salaime
December 27, 2021
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At Hebrew University, Arabic textbooks reflect a Zionist reality
At Hebrew University, the narratives in Arabic and Hebrew language textbooks glorify Zionism and blur out any sign of the occupation. The next step? Using force against Palestinian students who dare to protest that very narrative. Fadi Asleh (Translated from Hebrew by Ofer Neiman) Israeli Independence Day is also Palestinian Nakba Day. This is one…
By
Haokets
May 24, 2014
Photos of the week: Mourning in Ramallah
This week: families mourn the deaths of two Palestinians teens, going back to Lifta, Palestinian Christians refuse the military draft, immigration police raids on asylum seeker businesses, and more.
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Activestills
May 22, 2014
Photos of the week: Between May Day and Nakba marches
This week: Palestinian citizens of Israel march to the destroyed village Lubya, Israeli activists commemorate the Nakba, solidarity with administrative detainees, May Day celebrations, the leader of Israel’s refugee movement says goodbye to freedom, and more.
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Activestills
May 8, 2014
PHOTOS: Christians face barriers to Easter worship in Jerusalem
Year after year, Palestinian Christians and international pilgrims face checkpoints and harsh treatment by Israeli police officers as they attempt to celebrate the Easter season in Jerusalem. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Palestinian Christians and international pilgrims faced Israeli barriers and harsh treatment by officers as they attempted to celebrate the Easter season…
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Activestills
April 20, 2014
PHOTOS: ‘Christ at the Checkpoint’ challenges Christian Zionism
Last week’s Christ at the Checkpoint conference in the West Bank town of Bethlehem brought evangelical Christians together with their Palestinian sisters and brothers to ask what their faith has to say about the Israeli occupation. Christian Zionists aren’t happy about their answers. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Two of the most potent…
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Activestills
March 19, 2014
An open letter to Evangelical supporters of Israel
Addressing Christian Zionists who brush aside the occupation by saying, ‘it’s complicated,’ an American Evangelical writes: ‘Injustice is only complicated to those who don’t suffer from it.’ By Alice Su What would Jesus do if he were standing at a checkpoint in Israel/Palestine today? Asked that question one year ago, I would have given you…
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+972 Magazine
March 19, 2014
Letter of support for the ultra-Orthodox struggle against draft law
Over 70 Israeli activists publish an open letter in support of the ultra-Orthodox community, as it struggles against a new law that would draft its young men into the army or national civil service. (Translated from Hebrew by Asaf Shalev) We, civilians and activists – religious, masorti (tradition-committed) and secular – wish to express our…
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Cafe Gibraltar
March 4, 2014
Law dividing Christians, Muslims is a classic colonial tactic
Instead of promoting equality and the non-racialization of citizenship in Israel, right-wing MKs are adopting a classic colonial law to weaken the non-Jewish community’s ‘threat’ to the country’s ethnic order. The Knesset this week enacted a new law that legally distinguishes between Christian and Muslim citizens of Israel regarding employment opportunities. Though the law does…
By
Amjad Iraqi
February 28, 2014
PHOTOS: Palestinian Christians protest Israeli permit regime during Palm Sunday procession
During the annual Palm Sunday procession, Palestinian Christians protest permits delayed and denied during the Easter season. Photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Whether during Ramadan or Easter, every year, Palestinians with West Bank IDs face challenges entering Jerusalem for religious worship. Despite claims by Israeli authorities of granting more permits and relaxing restrictions, each year…
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Activestills
March 25, 2013
PM Netanyahu’s Christmas message: We are better than the Arabs (WATCH)
We now open our Christmas celebrations with the traditional Islamophobic message from the Prime Minister’s Office: While Prime Minister Netanyahu is using the holiday to present his tea-party talking points against anything Muslim, it’s a good time to remember that roughly 200,000 more than 170,000 Palestinian Christians are living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, without proper political representation, freedom of…
By
Noam Sheizaf
December 24, 2012
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