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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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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Merry Christmas to all(?)

December 25, 2005

“Christmas has been shot.”
“O ghostly town of Bethlehem,
in curfew do you lie,
Your streets are dead, the people dread
to wander lest they die.
No pilgrims visit your hallowed square,
for Christians have been banned;
A crueller plight upon this night,
has never on Earth been planned.”
–from Carols for Palestine–
Bethlehem is a prison…
Bethlehem Christians cling to hope…
Christmas hope in the West [...]

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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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$567.27 Raised for Palestinian families!

December 2, 2005

Thank you to all those who purchased CDs and donated money on behalf of Palestinian victims of house demolition in Bethlehem. In CD sales and donations (and one rather large last minute donation!), we raised $567.27. If you still want to purchase a CD (I have 4 more), just email me at cleave at gmail [...]

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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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