Palestine and Israel Posts

February 2, 2008

Many of you probably know this, but I spent the summer of 2005 in Egypt, Palestine and Israel. During that time, I kept a pretty active blog about my experience, but it was separate from pomomusings. I’ve recently imported in all of those entries and fixed all the photos. If you’re into browsing archives, these [...]

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“There’s No Place Like Home”

January 2, 2008

For a class on Forgiveness this semester, I put together a movie based on some footage and photos that I took while in Palestine and Israel during the summer of 2005 and used a song from Jonny Baker’s album “Backbone.” Jonny tells a little more about the track “Home” here on his blog. I haven’t [...]

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Face2Face Project

March 29, 2007

A few weeks ago, a buddy of mine sent me a link to the Face2Face Project website. This is how they describe their project:
The Face2Face project is to make portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and to post them face to face, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on the Israeli and [...]

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Wednesday Speedlinking

March 28, 2007

A few links I think you should know about:

Jen has a beautiful post about marriage, Marriage and the Little Matchgirl: A True Story
Bart Campolo’s “I Believe…” is provocative and has some really good stuff.
Emergent Podcast Interview with Doug Pagitt discussing An Emergent Manifesto of Hope
Apparently Christians had to get into the video-sharing business. Enter GodTube.com
Spirit [...]

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Palestinian Unity Deal Under Way

February 16, 2007

It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything related to the Middle East, but to be honest, I haven’t been keeping up to speed. I had the privilege of having lunch with two people a few weeks ago, one who has lived in Palestine, and loved having the opportunity to share stories, experiences and talk about [...]

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International Nonviolence Conference

December 6, 2005

I wish I was going to be in Bethlehem this Christmas because Holy Land Trust (the organization I worked with this summer) is hosting an International Nonviolence Conference entitled “Celebrating Nonviolent Resistance.” It is going to be in Bethlehem, Palestine this December 27-30th. Some of the speakers will be:

Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen): President of the [...]

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A Palestinian Litany from Jerusalem

November 29, 2005

Just got back from a Prayer Vigil this evening; today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The group on campus used a Palestinian Litany from Jerusalem, written by Bishop Munib A. Younan, the Lutheran Bishop in Jerusalem. I found it to be very powerful, and you can read it below:
++A PALESTINIAN [...]

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On this day of Thanksgiving…

November 24, 2005

I think perhaps Thanksgiving becomes more and more difficult the more one is exposed to the world. Anyone else think that may be true? I remember sitting around the table at home and we had to go around and share things we were thankful for: good food, family, health, a nice home - you know, [...]

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If we’re going to talk about torture….

November 17, 2005

A recent post on another blog accurately called for an end to torture.
I wholeheartedly agree. Torture is wrong and should never be used.
But if we are going to talk about torture, and if we are going to call for an end to torture based on human rights, we must call for an end to torture [...]

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Condemning violence…

October 17, 2005

I love being falsely accused on this blog. Really, it is one of my favorite things. I have been repeatedly accused by Reno for not condemning Palestinian violence. Perhaps I have not written the statement, “I, Adam Cleaveland, wholeheartedly condemn Palestinian violence.” Perhaps that is what some need to actually read, and see. In a [...]

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