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Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon: "Made Homeless in the Homeland: Lawfare, Demolition and Land Theft"

Featuring: In an ongoing policy of ethnic cleansing, Israeli authorities uproot fruit trees, raze farmland, destroy rainwater reservoirs and irrigation systems, and demolish homes. Meanwhile increasingly emboldened Israeli settlers — protected by soldiers — taunt families and vandalize property. The ultimate goal is to force Palestinians off the land. With the world’s attention diverted by the war on Gaza, displacement of West Bank Palestinians has increased dramatically in the past year. Salon focuses on Israel’s aggressive use of lawfare in its campaign of ethnic cleansing, the longstanding efforts of Palestinians to nonviolently resist, and the role of allies. Panelists are Bruno Sorrentino (London-based filmmaker; Co-Director, Rooted in the West Bank); Eid Suleiman Hathaleen (Artist and human rights activist from Umm al Khair; home demolished by IDF); and Jeff Halper (Israeli-American anthropologist, author, lecturer, and political activist; Founder of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)). Mouin Rabbani (Co-Editor of Jadaliyya; researcher, analyst, and commentator) is moderator.

   For more info: https://www.VoicesFromTheHolyLand.org/salonrecordings  

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Link for tickets; 5612 Conn Ave NW

Watch “No Other Land” at the Avalon Theater.

Featuring: Three showings: April 2, 8:00pm; April 12, 10:30am; April 13, 10:30am.

   For more info: https://www.theavalon.org/films/no-other-land/  

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Read “Christians Stand Against Forced Displacement And False Doctrines”, and sign in solidarity.

Featuring: Over 3000 “Christian Zionist” leaders affiliated with American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI), a project of the extremist International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem (ICEJ), recently issued a deeply immoral statement calling on President Trump to declare Israeli sovereignty over the entirety of the Holy Land. A diverse coalition of Christian voices committed to just peace in and beyond the Holy Land have come together to proclaim the statement found in link.

   For more info: Statement: https://aclforisrael.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Judea-Samaria-resolution-with-signatures-final.pdf   

Signature: https://www.fosna.org/the-fosna-blog/christian-leaders-and-activists-stand-against-forced-displacement  

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Listen to “Reform and It’s Perils in Contemporary Islam: The Case of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd”, presented by the Alwaleed Center for Muslim Christian Understanding.

Featuring: With Abu Zayd as a case study, Dr. Oweidat analyzes the intellectual trends that propose a reconciliation between liberal values and Islam. She examines in depth the roadblocks and challenges to liberalizing Islamic thought, both externally in the form of oppressive regimes and an intolerant religious arena, as well as internally at the level of intellectual arguments.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ROHhBCuYxs  

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Watch Palestine Deep Dive video, “UN Report Exposes Israel’s Widespread Sexual Violence and Genocidal Acts Against Palestinians”.

Featuring: A new UN report finds Israel has committed widespread and systematic sexual violence against Palestinians, including rape, torture and the deliberate destruction of reproductive infrastructure.

   For more info: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/un-report-exposes-israels-widespread?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=22185&post_id=159136817&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=5awjjv&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email  

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Read Philip Farah’s Znetwork article “Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Gaza Plan, Elon Musk, Apartheid South Africa and White Supremacy”.

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   For more info: https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-ethnic-cleansing-gaza-plan-elon-musk-apartheid-south-africa-and-white-supremacy/  

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3/9/25, 3/16, 3/23, 4/6/25: Email for more information; Zoom and in person.

Join St John’s Holy Land Committee in “Bearing Witness” series.

Featuring: Bearing Witness was prepared by American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, who we've long partnered with. Bearing Witness’s five sessions are framed on the teachings of Jesus and explore themes of Belonging and Identity, Healing, Teaching, Breaking Barriers, and Building Hope. Each session will include a gospel reading linked to the week’s theme, paired with a videotaped gospel reflection, followed by an educational video created by AFEDJ that explores the many identities/locales present in the Holy Land. The videos and readings presented in the sessions are meant to provoke thoughtful discussion, so the last portion of each session will be allocated to small group interaction.

Suggested background information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wo2TLlMhiw;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUxrqGQB7_8

   For more info: Nancy: njadams1@verizon.net  Kirk: kirkcruachan@yahoo.com  

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3/25/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Episcopal Divinity School Webinar, “The Anglican Church & Palestine - A Conversation Moderated by Dr. Kwok Pui Lan”.

Featuring: This webinar will analyze the war on Gaza and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts from an Anglican perspective, examining Anglican mission and colonial legacy in the Middle East, and responses of Anglican churches from different parts of the Anglican Communion to the current crisis. It will discuss Christian Zionism; religion and peacebuilding; faith, trauma, and suffering; and hope as a lived practice in community.

   For more info: www.eds.edu/programs/the-anglican-church-and-palestine

 

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3/26/25 12:00PM: Register for event

The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hosts a Hybrid Book Talk, “The Judea-Islamic Tradition: A Forgotten Story”, with Dr Mustafa Akyol.

Featuring: In his new book, The Islamic Moses, Mustafa Akyol illuminates the much-forgotten Judeo-Islamic tradition: a rich legacy of coexistence and mutual influence that spanned from the birth of Islam to the end of the Ottoman Empire —until the rise of a modern force called nationalism.

   For more info: https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QgwfGn9UQ46Xk4rSTrMGwQ#/registration  

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3/26/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace&World Affairs Zoom Webinar, “A Documentary History of Jewish-Christian Relations: From Polemics and Suppression to Acceptance and Dialogue”.

Featuring: In this webinar Edward Kessler will present his book and respond to questions and comments from a panel of experts.

   For more info: https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kc4JkebdTESsGVUAKcvZJA?utm_source=Berkley+Center+Master+List&utm_campaign=a3d5512683-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_03_21_01_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-a3d5512683-374941#/registration  

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3/26/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Join Eyewitness Palestine for Virtual Delegation to Umm Al-Fahm.

Featuring: Umm al-Fahm has been a site of extraordinary resistance to the occupation. Naji al-Ali, the legendary Palestinian caricaturist, once praised its tradition of resistance by saying, “Umm al-Fahm is the code name for Palestine.”

   For more info: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/virtual-delegation-umm-al-fahm?sourceid=1119218&emci=8bc73ee9-c3f2-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&emdi=5c2857ab-e1f9-ef11-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=13259350  

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3/26/25 2:00PM: Register for event

Join Jim Zogby for Coffee and a Column, “Trump’s War on History and Education”.

Featuring: Link for letter: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQZTpvkqGXTfBkdGkRxvVZmZSfq

   For more info: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CCWN1r3XS_2bC8HDkb7uFA?emci=4f5e0206-b508-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&emdi=f2c64145-b808-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=752519#/registration  

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3/27/25 11:00AM: Register for event

Just Vision virtual screening of “Naila and the Uprising”.

Featuring: Upon registering, attendees will receive early access to stream the film ahead of a live panel discussion with the filmmakers. The conversation will feature Suhad Babaa, Just Vision’s Executive Director and Executive Producer of the film, Rula Salameh, journalist, Just Vision’s Education and Outreach Director, and Producer of Naila and the Uprising, and Julia Bacha, the film’s Director and Just Vision’s Creative Director.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jf7TBXHuRx2wdBHpTPTflg#/registration  

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3/30/25 12:00 PM: Register for event

Israeli Palestinian Confederation presents Professor Raz Chen-Morris.

Featuring: Professor Chen-Morris teaches in the History Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He currently serves as a senior lecturer in the STS graduate program at Bar-Ilan University.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3scn0BTwRamp3dULyWuiZA#/registration  

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3/30/25 2:00PM: Register for event

JVP Metro DC Virtual Speaker Panel, “Palestinian-Jewish Co-Resistance to Ethnic Cleansing in Masafer Yatta”.

Featuring: Hear from a panel of three delegates from the Center for Jewish Nonviolence as they share their meaningful experiences of participating in Palestinian-led nonviolent civil resistance to occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sCmmL-dgQB-O1HPcsWNjuQ?utm_source=JVP+-+DC+Metro&utm_campaign=d6c5f1773b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_852061c4ac-d6c5f1773b-178316481&mc_cid=d6c5f1773b&mc_eid=3574305152#/registrati  

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3/30/25 2:00PM: Link to follow

Hold the date: Center for Jewish Non-Violence presents hybrid presentation.

Featuring: Join us online to hear young participants in CENTER FOR JEWISH NON-VIOLENCE delegations share their inspiring experiences of participating in Palestinian-led nonviolent civil resistance to occupation, apartheid, and displacement.  The speakers will be introduced by Chase Carter, Communications Director of CJNV, who previously served on our chapter’s Steering Committee, worked for Jews United for Justice, and helped found Washington, DC’s New Synagogue Project.

Details and a link to the online event will follow soon.

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4/1/25 6:00PM: Register for event; Busboys&Poets, 2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, SE, WDC 20020

Churches for Middle East Peace presents  book launch, “Christ in the Rubble”, by Dr Munther Isaac.

Featuring: In this impassioned and incisive book, Munther Isaac challenges mainstream Christians’ uncritical embrace of the modern State of Israel. Zoom link available with registration.

   For more info: https://cmep.org/cmep-events/christ-in-the-rubble-busboys/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b19291ae-363c-42cd-b347-29af184256de&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=846264b5-3206-480e-8cc7-56f9a20762ce  

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4/1/24- 4/4/25: Register for event

JVP National Member Meeting - Baltimore.

Featuring: Join the largest multi-day convening of Jews for Palestinian freedom in the history of the U.S.Together, we will lead dozens of critical discussions and practical workshops. The NMM will be a space for both those experienced in organizing and those new to it. We will help each other understand our rapidly changing circumstances, compare strategies, and make concrete plans in the fight for a world where all people — from the U.S. to Palestine — live in freedom, justice, equality, and dignity.

   For more info: https://whova.com/portal/registration/JOm6P6thyMkFl13eU2H3/  

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4/1/25-4/7/25: For registration link

Grassroots Partners in Justice: A Delegation for Organizational Leaders.

Featuring: This delegation will be made up of leaders from advocacy organizations that focus on issues adjacent to Palestinian liberation: immigration, LGBTQIA+, housing, peacemaking, antiracism, reproductive justice, peacemaking, etc. We will meet with other organizational leaders as we learn from, listen to, and relay the stories of the Palestinian people to our own communities. Participants should be ready and willing to share real-time experiences and continue to share upon their return.

   For more info: bruce@reyes-chow.com  

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4/2/25 3:00PM: Register for event; in person and online; ICC Auditorium, Georgetown University and YouTube livestream.

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac Book Talk, “Christ in the Rubble”.

Featuring: Join CCAS, the Alwaleed Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, the Program on Justice and Peace, and Churches for Middle East Peace for an event featuring Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac who will be speaking about his experiences as a Pastor in Bethlehem, Palestinian Christians, and his new book, Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza. This event will be moderated by CCAS professor Dr. Rochelle Davis.

   For more info: https://events.georgetown.edu/ccas/event/30596-book-talk-christ-in-the-rubble-with-rev-dr  

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4/2/25 6:30PM: Register for event; New York Avenue Presbyterian Church,1313 New York Avenue NW, WDC.

Churches for Middle East Peace presents  book launch, “Christ in the Rubble”, by Dr Munther Isaac.

Featuring: In this impassioned and incisive book, Munther Isaac challenges mainstream Christians’ uncritical embrace of the modern State of Israel. Zoom link available with registration.

   For more info: https://cmep.org/cmep-events/christ-in-the-rubble-nyapc/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b19291ae-363c-42cd-b347-29af184256de&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=846264b5-3206-480e-8cc7-56f9a20762ce  

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4/7/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Eyewitness Palestine Webinar, “Black in Gaza: A Conversation on Race and Resistance”.

Featuring: Join us for a conversation about race, Palestinian identity, and the power of transnational movement building with Wassim Manaa, the viral videographer from Gaza, and Ahmad Abuznaid, Executive Director at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.

   For more info: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/webinar-black-in-gaza?sourceid=1119218&emci=ecfc2564-5506-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&emdi=a1a9f0b6-6106-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=13259350  

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4/9/25 12:00PM: Register for event

IPF Atid presents Virtual Lunch and Learn, “Israel Security, Strategy, and Statecraft”, with Brigadier General (Res) Ronen Manelis.

Featuring: Join IPF Atid for a virtual discussion with Brigadier General (Res.) Ronen Manelis, who will share his insights on the events of October 7, Israel’s multifront war, and its evolving media strategy. With over 24 years of military service in strategic affairs and crisis management, Brig. Gen. Manelis offers a valuable perspective on Israel's response to conflict both on the ground and in the media.

   For more info: https://israelpolicyforum.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3OKeSX_CTLuOOjA2wKMfZg#/registration  

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4/9/25 5:30PM: Link for tickets and information; Amazon (New) H2Q Headquarters, 510 14th St South, Arlington VA

Arab America Foundation’s 9th Annual National Arab American Heritage Month Celebration, “Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future”.

Featuring: Throughout April, the Arab America Foundation celebrates National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM), recognizing the achievements, culture, and contributions of Arab Americans. Across the U.S., schools, governments, and organizations issue proclamations and host events honoring Arab heritage. This event is a crucial opportunity to promote inclusion, challenge misconceptions, and amplify Arab American voices in corporate and public spaces.

   For more info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-arab-american-heritage-month-2025-tickets-1252530455309?aff=oddtdtcreator  

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4/12/25 1:00PM:

Save the Date for U.S. Palestinian Community Network(USPCN) Virtual Event in honor of Palestinian Prisoners Day.

Featuring: We will be joined by a guest from Addameer, a Palestinian NGO based in Ramallah that advocates for and provides legal services to political prisoners, followed by a panel with multiple former Palestinian political prisoners in Palestine.

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4/12/25-4/21/25: For registration link

Walking in Faith: A Palestinian Pilgrimage to the Empty Tomb.

Featuring: This delegation will focus on the lives of Palestinian Christians, including, but not limited to, meeting with Palestinian interfaith and Christian leaders, participating in the Sabeel Stations of the Cross, accompanying Palestinians, engaging in theological reflection, and worshipping with various communities. It is shaping up to be a multi-generational trip, with people from their early 20s to folks in their 60s and up.

   For more info: bruce@reyes-chow.com  

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4/13/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Israeli Palestinian Peace Simulation presents Smadar Ben-Natan.

Featuring: Ben-Natan is a legal scholar of human rights, criminal justice, and armed conflict, an expert on Israel/Palestine.


   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0pmze9tKQTmIYzi4DSqKkA#/registration  

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4/16/25 6:30PM: Register for event

Join Iqraa for hybrid information session on this spring’s Marine Corps Marathon training.

Featuring: Running for Iqraa is a great opportunity to train for a full or half marathon, 5K, 10K, and support the education of Palestinian youth. Our sole goal is running for a brighter Palestine. For more information: iqraadc.org

   For more info: kirkcruachan@vahoo.com  

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4/19/25 11:00AM: Register for event

Middle East Peace Now Zoom Webinar, Part 1, “What Now for Our Movement?”, with Dr Mark Braverman.

Featuring: Part I with Mark Braverman: Gaza, Trump II, and the great unmasking: an inflection point for the movement. As the genocidal intent of Israel’s settler colonial project has become inescapably clear, strategies informed by the liberal Zionist desire to rescue or reform the Zionist project have been replaced by a focus on ending the genocide and to challenging the very foundations of the Zionist project. The re-election of Donald Trump portends an escalation of Israel’s project of ethnic cleansing and colonization.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6tBl0GzBT0KVd9sSHbyKDQ#/registration  

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4/19/25 1:00PM: Register for event

Join Iqraa for hybrid information session on this spring’s Marine Corps Marathon training.

Featuring: Running for Iqraa is a great opportunity to train for a full or half marathon, 5K, 10K, and support the education of Palestinian youth. Our sole goal is running for a brighter Palestine. For more information: iqraadc.org

   For more info: kirkcruachan@vahoo.com  

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4/23/25 12:00PM: Register for event; in person and online

The Alaweed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hosts Saree Makdisi for The Gaza Lecture Series, “The Gaza Genocide and the Question of Palestine”.

Featuring: Saree Makdisi received his BA in English and Economics from Wesleyan University in 1987 and his PhD from the Literature Program at Duke University in 1993. Professor Makdisi’s teaching and research are situated at the crossroads of several different fields, including British Romanticism, imperial culture, colonial and postcolonial theory and criticism, and the cultures of urban modernity, particularly the revision and contestation of charged urban spaces, including London, Beirut and Jerusalem.

   For more info: https://events.georgetown.edu/acmcu/event/28942-the-gaza-genocide-and-the-question-of-palestine  

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4/29/25 12:00 PM: Register for event; in person and online

The Alaweed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hosts Peter Beinart for The Gaza Lecture Series, “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning”.

Featuring: In Peter Beinart’s view, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance of Jewish religious tradition and warps understandings of Israel and Palestine. After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history, and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, Beinart argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose horror will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew?

   For more info: https://events.georgetown.edu/acmcu/event/28943-being-jewish-after-the-destruction-of-gaza-a  

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5/1/25-5/9/25: For more info

Friends of Sabeel North America US Christian Leaders Tour of The Holy Land.

Featuring: Join regional, national, and organizational Christian leaders on a delegation to visit Palestinian Christian communities and build relationships across global lines of difference.

   For more info: johnnoble@fosna.org  

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5/4/25-5/16/25: In person; for information

"Living Stones" Solidarity Tour of Palestine

Featuring: First traveler’s meeting on Monday, January 13, 12:00PM ET.

   For more info: Lmichaelspath@gmail.com  

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5/8/25: Register for event; in person and online

Save the Date for Balfour Project Annual Conference, “The Rule of Law-the route to a better future for Palestinians and Israelis”

Featuring: This conference will bring together leading legal minds and experts to discuss the role of international law in shaping a just and peaceful future.

   For more info: https://billetto.co.uk/e/the-rule-of-law-the-route-to-a-better-future-for-palestinians-and-israelis-tickets-1136668?utm_source=organiser&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=manage_visit&utm_content=1  

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5/11/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Israeli Palestinian Peace Simulation presents Udi Aloni.

Featuring: Aloni is a filmmaker, writer, and artist whose
work focuses on the interrelations between art, politics and theology in Israeli/Palestine.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pTWgHTGGRIKjSMbGd3N6Iw#/registration  

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5/17/25:

Save the Date for Middle East Peace Now presents Part ll of Zoom Webinar, “The theological battleground: a moment of truth for U.S. society and for the church”.

Featuring: Circling back to Part 1, we will discuss the achievements of the global church movement that arose in response to the Palestinian call. We will consider how the churches, in coalition with human rights organizations, campuses, and labor, can stand up to colonialism in our time.

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5/20/25-5/28/25: For more info; For application

Friends of Sabeel North America Young Adult Delegation to The Holy Land.

Featuring: This trip is for young adult ages 19-26, with opportunities to serve, pray, and worship alongside Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers.

   For more info: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhCcKL-qkR1KGAEwgKzCDu7_xSeo5gfMM60eniHCs0BsEbiA/viewform  

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6/15/25-6/26/25: Email for information and to register

“Come and See, Go & Tell: A Solidarity Pilgrimage to Israel/Palestine”, sponsored by Palestine Justice Network and Sabeel.

Featuring: This solidarity pilgrimage will include visits with Christian congregations, leaders of denominations, human rights groups, site visits with local communities, and Muslim and Jewish partner organizations.

   For more info: info@thePJN.org   

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6/22/25-6/29/25: Link for application

2025 IPF Atid Delegation

Featuring: Join IPF Atid for a one-week delegation to Israel for current IPF Atid steering committee leaders. Representing IPF Atid in key meetings with Palestinians and Israelis, delegates on the Summer Delegation to Israel emerge with a greater understanding of the on-the-ground political and security considerations related to Israeli-Palestinian affairs. Application deadline is  March 7, 2025.

   For more info: https://israelpolicyforum.org/atid/programs/delegation/  

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10/23/25: Link for information

Save the Date for 22nd Annual Kahil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards Gala.

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   For more info: aaiusa.org/gibran  

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Recurring Events

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Weekdays 3:00 PM: Link to YouTube

Jewish Voice for Peace - Power Half-Hour for Gaza

Featuring:

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams.  

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Tuesdays 12:30 PM: Link to join

Israel/Palestine Mission Network Prayer Meeting, held every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Featuring:

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85823208748?pwd=MVZHckI3U2Y0MFd3YURuaUlkMENOdz09&mc_cid=a1d69eb61f&mc_eid=9122b2f830#success  

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Wednesdays 12:30 PM: Register for event

Churches for Middle East Peace, Praying for Peace

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   For more info: https://cmep.org/wednesday-prayer/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=211d3879-592c-4157-b9b9-cee364656004  

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Thursdays 10:00 AM: Register for event

Churches for Middle East Peace, Weekly Briefings

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   For more info: https://cmep.org/thursday-briefing/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=211d3879-592c-4157-b9b9-cee364656004  

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Fridays 12:00 PM: Register for event

AFSC Action Hour- Ceasefire Now

Featuring: Join AFSC staff every Friday at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT to hear updates from Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact our elected officials and call for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us.

   For more info: https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now  

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Thursdays 11:00 AM: Register for event

Sabeel Prayer Service

Featuring: Sabeel invites you to join in its online services. The online services are open to the community and friends are conducted in English. The services are a time to join together to discuss how the weekly scripture readings apply to our lives today, especially in Palestine & Israel, and to pray for the specific needs of this region through the Sabeel wave of prayer.

   For more info: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdOCtqT8oH9Hj6noeoJPop264vDN-kAaA#/registration  

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Tuesdays 11:00 AM: Register for event

Kumi Now! Rise Up Together for Justice

Featuring: Kumi Now is an online gathering every Tuesday (6pm Palestine) with a guest activist on the ground exploring issues of critical relevance to the Palestinian people and how you can get involved.

   For more info: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArcOCtrjkiGtRzqANXD30dawMNhdAJgUMJ?_x_zm_rtaid=RdaKCOAuTqeLwChgmWC2kA.1717360018884.1dff4f697c1daed63fec13f5ecd0fa66&_x_zm_rhtaid=686#/registration  

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Sundays 6:00PM: Register for event

Freedom Church of the Poor: Advent of a Revolution 2024-2025

Featuring: The Freedom Church of the Poor community and our partner organizations come together for this “Winter Offensive,” this season which we call Advent of a Revolution (Advent) & Birth of a Movement (Epiphany), to expose the lies of the candy-cane Christmas; to revive the revolutionary power of the ancient story of Christmas; to reconnect to the God who Mother Mary praised, the one that “casts down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly”; and to give strength and unity to the movement of our people in these troubled times.

   For more info: https://kairoscenter.org/freedomchurch/  

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Other Items

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Link for information and application

Eyewitness Palestine Open Delegation to West Bank and 1948 Palestine

Featuring: Our delegations provide opportunities for participants to meet and learn directly from people across Historic Palestine about the conditions they face, and how to support their struggle for justice and liberation back home. This delegation is open to folks of all backgrounds. Spread the word to anyone who may benefit from learning and connecting on the ground!

   For more info: eyewitnesspalestine.org/apply  

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Link for information and application

Apply for Charles Bronfman IPF Atid Conveners Fellowship.

Featuring: Conveners Summit Dates: Sept.13-Sept.16, 2025.

   For more info: https://israelpolicyforum.org/atid/programs/bronfmansummit/  

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For more info

FOSNA/Sabeel Witness Trips in April and May 2025

Featuring:

   For more info: https://theamalgamation.substack.com/p/confirmed-information-and-logistics  

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Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon Recordings

Featuring: Panel discussions focusing on "Made Homeless in the Homeland: Lawfare, Demolition and Land Theft","Marketing the Occupation: The Social Media Battleground in a Time of War", "What's in a Word? Defining ZIONISM", "Silencing Student Voices", "The Past and Present Tell Us: Palestine's Future has to be Different", "Israel, Palestine, BDS and Boycotting in the US". "In Conversation: 'Humanity in Gaza' Revisited", "TWO KIDS A DAY: Israel's Systematic Incarceration of Children", “October 7: Behind US and Israeli Headlines”, “Destroying Healthcare: Israel’s War Against Gaza Hospitals”,  “Israeli Apartheid in Action: Water Control”, “Also Happening: Oppression and Violence in the West Bank”,  "Israelism", "Humanity in Gaza", "Marketing the Israeli Occupation - Part Two", "Erasing Palestine from U.S. School Curricula",  "The Truth: LOST AT SEA", "My Tree", "The First 54 Years: An Abreviated Manual for Military Occupation", “NAKBA 75: Remembering the Voices”, “Marketing the Israeli Occupation - Part 1”, “The Law and the Prophets”, “The Law and the Prophets”, "Til Kingdom Come", “Is Israel an Apartheid State”, "Come and See; Go and Tell", "BOYCOTT", "Skies Above Hebron", "How to Make a Revolution", "Journalism Under Occupation - In Memory of Shireen Abu Akleh", "Palestine Poster Project", "Art & Resistance", "Of Land and Bread", "Advocate", "Soldier on the Roof", "Gaza: Still Alive", "Christians in Palestine", "1948: Creation & Catastrophe", "Bethlehem Today", "Valentino's Ghost:  Why We Hate Arabs", "Stitching Palestine", "Gaza Fights for Freedom", "Radiance of Resistance", "MAYOR", "On the Side of the Road", "Occupation of the American Mind", "We All Live in Gaza", "Next Generation's Perspectives on the Occupation: Three Student Films", "Detaining Dreams" and "OBAIDA", "Objector", "The Ruins of Lifta", “Roadmap to Apartheid”, “Rock the Boat: Anatomy of a non-violent action", “Naila and the Uprising”, “It’s What We Do”, and “Home Front: Portraits from Sheik Jarrah”.

   For more info: https://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/online-film-salon-videos/online-film-salon  

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Link to film resource list

Just Vision offers films and in depth discussion guides

Featuring:

   For more info: https://justvision.org/films  

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Link to YouTube

Center for Middle East Peace panel on recent trip to Israel/Palestine.

Featuring: CMEP's Senior Director of Advocacy and Government Relations, Kyle Cristofalo, alongside other travelers from a recent trip to Israel/Palestine with the Holy Land Coordination Committee (HLCC) shared insights from the ground. Panelists included Rt. Rev. Bishop Christopher Chessun and the USCCB's Director of Peace & Justice, Christopher Ljungquist.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv3lRST5tHg  

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Link to recording

Jewish Currents On the Nose Podcast, “Assessing Trump’s Gaza Expulsion Fantasty”.

Featuring: On this episode of On the Nose, Jewish Currents senior reporter Alex Kane spoke to Mouin Rabbani, a co-editor of Jadaliyya, and Tariq Kenney-Shawa, US policy fellow at Al-Shabaka, about situating this moment in the long history of Palestinians displacement, whether and how a Trump ethnic cleansing plan is likely to unfold, and how it will impact the ceasefire in Gaza.

   For more info: https://jewishcurrents.org/assessing-trumps-gaza-expulsion-fantasy  

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Link to recording

Watch Ken Roth speak at Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

Featuring: Kenneth Roth, former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch and Visiting Professor at the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs, presents “Trump's Mass Deportation Plan for Gaza: A Lecture by Ken Roth”. Roth, former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch for the past 30 years, has spent his life battling authoritarian governments and human rights violations around the world.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L4o5d20JFY  

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Link to recording

Watch Omar Haramy speak about the Armenian Quarter and Israel’s tactics against the community.

Featuring: @save_the_arq_jlm is a grassroots movement working to preserve the Armenian Quarter of East Jerusalem, which is under assault from Israeli authorities

   For more info: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGvPM3JsLs4/?igsh=eTM0ZjN6Nno1b3N2  

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Link to recording

Palestinian Deep Dive podcast Exposed, “How Israel is Violating the Gaza Ceasefire Agreement in Plain Sight”.

Featuring: Ahmed Alnaouq and Muhammad Shehada breakdown who is really responsible for the collapse of the ceasefire, exposing how Israel has systematically violated the agreement hundreds of times.

   For more info: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/exposed-how-israel-is-violating-the?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=22185&post_id=158317437&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=5awjjv&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email  

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Link for information and application

The Jerusalem Fund Internship Program, Spring 2025.

Featuring: For college students in the Washington, DC area, The Jerusalem Fund is currently offering spring semester internship positions with its educational program, the Palestine Center, for graduate and undergraduate students. These positions are based in our office which is located within walking distance from the US Department of State, the K Street lobbyists’ corridor, Embassy Row, historic Georgetown, and Dupont Circle.

   For more info: https://thejerusalemfund.org/2024/12/the-jerusalem-fund-internship-program-spring-2025  

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Link for information

Arab America announces Spring 2025 Internship Opportunities.

Featuring: Arab America, the leading provider of digital media regarding the Arab and Arab American identity, announces Spring 2025 virtual internship opportunities.

   For more info: https://www.arabamerica.com/arab-america-announces-spring-2025-internship-opportunities-2/  

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Link to YouTube

Listen to recording of IPC Meeting with Paul Rogers.

Featuring: The Israeli Palestinian Confederation (IPC) presented its vision for a federal government encompassing both Israel and Palestine, structured with 300 parliamentary districts, a secular system, and equal representation. This proposed government would operate independently alongside existing Israeli and Palestinian governments, with the authority to implement various solutions, including a two-state or one-state framework.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTbTC4isuFQ  

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Link for information

The Franciscan Monastery DC pilgrimages to the Holy Land.

Featuring: Join us for our next pilgrimages in the footsteps of Christ. Our pilgrimages support our Christian brothers and sisters of the Holy Land who have been deeply impacted by the pandemic and the war. We are taking reservations now for pilgrimages to the Holy Land July 14-24, September 1-11, and October 15-26.

   For more info: support

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For more info; For application

Apply to be an Ecumenical Accompanier in the West Bank program.

Featuring: EAs spend three months in the occupied West Bank witnessing and monitoring human rights violations and standing in solidarity with local peace activists. When they come home, they give talks in their local communities and advocate for an end to the military occupation of Palestine. Applications due by 3/23/25 at 5PM.

   For more info: eappi@quaker.org.uk; https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/palestine-and-israel/get-involved  

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Link for information

Apply for IPF ATID 2025 Leadership Summit.

Featuring: Join IPF Atid in New York City for a three-day seminar exclusively for steering committee members from our seven chapters in the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. Coming together with steering committee members from across the country, we will spend three days learning with Israel Policy Forum policy experts, strategizing for your chapters, meeting with communal leaders, and discussing how to advance our goal of a secure, Jewish, and democratic Israel in the year to come.

   For more info: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFZopndkTCuExUm4fSSBMk4TCodH4xY898G7OUO96M3VdxVw/viewform  

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Link for information

Museum of the Palestinian People is seeking a Director of Development.

Featuring:

   For more info: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/communications-manager-at-museum-of-the-palestinian-people-4112055776  

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Link for application

Help JVP DC Metro oppose “Campus Act”, HB1462/SB847.

Featuring: The Maryland State House and Senate are both holding hearings on March 5 on the CAMPUS Act — a deeply dangerous piece of legislation that would codify policies restricting free speech on campus, designed to retaliate against nonviolent student activists speaking out in solidarity with Palestine.

   For more info: https://act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/a/tell-maryland-no-to-campus?utm_source=JVP+-+DC+Metro&utm_campaign=84869db978-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_852061c4ac-84869db978-178316481&mc_cid=84869db978&mc_eid=3574305152  

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Link to recording

Listen to NPR interview with Mahmoud Muna on Raid of The Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem.

Featuring:

   For more info: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5294328/israel-raid-bookstore-east-jerusalem  

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Link to recording

Listen to recording of “The Black Church & Prophetic Resistance”.

Featuring: Wendell Griffen, Co-Chair of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference and a strong advocate of full Palestinian civil, political, and human rights speaks at Indiana Center for Middle East Peace.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_oZETYcWiE  

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Link to recording

Listen to Sami Awad’s discussion at St. John’s Norwood.

Featuring:

   For more info: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQZSsFKDdBVGRPpldZKDnmGpKMV?projector=1  

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Link to YouTube

Listen to Francesca Albanese discuss "Israel's Torture Policy of Palestinian Hostages".

Featuring:

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPP9GfB15JA  

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View the trailer

"The Gaza Project"

Featuring: +972 Magazine is proud to be partaking in the Gaza Project — a collaborative investigation into the targeting of Palestinian journalists during Israel’s current bombardment of Gaza, whose findings will be published this week. Over four months, in partnership with 50 journalists from 13 media organizations around the world, we analyzed the more than 100 deaths of media workers in Gaza, as well as other cases in which members of the press have been threatened or wounded since October 7, including in the occupied West Bank We focused on patterns of targeting, including drone strikes and attacks against press infrastructure in Gaza.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iugM6KOK7O8  

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Link for information

Friends of Sabeel North America Direct Action Database

Featuring: Use this tool to find online action links; keep up with FOSNA campaigns, coalitions, endorsements, handbooks, and more; and links to a wealth of amazing activist resources from our friends, partners, and allies in the movement for justice in and beyond the Holy Land.

   For more info: https://www.fosna.org/advocacy-direct-action-database  

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Middle East Books and More book list for understanding history of Gaza and US support for Israel

Featuring:

   For more info: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGtxdZHmqXQQfqwGKWpqvdQLhxH  

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PALESTINE TOUR INFORMATION

as of March 17, 2023

Information compiled by Voices From the Holy Land. 

Table of Contents

Scheduled Tours for 2023 ........................................................................................................................1 Tour Organizations..................................................................................................................................4 Virtual (Online) Tours..............................................................................................................................6 Handbooks, Maps, and Guides ................................................................................................................6

Scheduled Tours for 2023

RCA Immersion Tour of Palestine

Nov. 5-18, 2023

This trip will be led by Rev. Joshua Vis, Ph.D., who serves as Church Engagement Facilitator in Israel and  Palestine with RCA Global Mission. He stands alongside Palestinian and Israeli individuals and  organizations who seek an end to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza, in  a ministry of peace with justice. He leads immersion tours that include a deep dive into both the  history and archaeology of the Bible and the history and current realities of the Israeli-Palestinian  conflict.

https://www.rca.org/global-mission/missionaries/josh-sally-vis/

Register here: https://sforce.co/3y0mxDe

For more information and to request flyer, contact Stephanie: ssoderstrom@rca.org

Joint Advocacy Initiative Youth Journey for Justice - Palestine 

July 8-16, 2023

Youth, 17 - 30, from all over the world are invited to join the Journey for Justice in Palestine. https://www.jai-pal.org/en/advocacy-visits-trips/advocacy-programs-palestine/journey-for-justice

 

 

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9-Day Architectural Tour of Palestine (Siraj Tours)

Oct. 6-15, 2023

Visiting: Nazareth, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jericho, Hebron, Jerusalem.

Tour covers Palestine's architectural heritage and “the architecture of the occupation.” It will be  centred in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem but will also include a couple of days in Nazareth (a  predominantly Palestinian city in Israel), where guided by a Palestinian architect we’ll visit the site of  Palestinian villages destroyed in 1948 and explore the newly regenerated old city.

Link to photos from previous tours: https://bit.ly/Palestine_snapshot

Contact: karena.batstone@gmail.com

Travel2Palestine Tours

Encounter Palestine Tour 

May 28 – June 1, 2023 

Aug.27 – 31st, 2023 

Oct. 29th – Nov. 2, 2023 

Palestinian Citizens of Israel Tour

Nov. 5 – 9, 2023

We run small expert-led tours. Our mission is to educate and inform on the situation in Palestine and  Israel, specifically on the impact on human rights. We have Palestinian and Israeli guides and UK  organisers. We focus mainly on occupied Palestine, but also look at human rights of Palestinians living  within Israel. We take you to refugee camps, settlements, checkpoints and villages under attack by  settlers. You get top-level briefings from Palestinian and Israeli NGOs and from the United Nations. You  meet politicians and experts and activists. The focus is very much on the occupation and the conflict,  with only basic sightseeing (tour participants can stay on to do sightseeing on their own).

https://travel2palestine.org/bookvisit/

Contact: Martin director@t2ptravel.com or Mary organiser@t2ptravel.com

St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square and Christ Church, Georgetown Co-sponsored pilgrimage  Sept. 29 - Oct. 11, 2023: 

The voyage will offer pilgrims the opportunity to visit many of the major sites of our faith. The group  will be guided by Iyad Qumri, a Palestinian Christian who has been leading pilgrims through this special  place for more than 25 years.

For more info: https://www.iyadqumripilgrimages.com

Sign up: https://stjohns-dc.org/contact-paulbarkett/

 

 

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Holy Land Franciscan Pilgrimages 

12 pilgrimages planned for 2023

When you travel with us, your pilgrimage benefits the Christians who live in the Holy Land in a couple  of ways. First, you can support their livelihood because we’re able to direct you to Christian-owned  businesses and restaurants. And secondly, any support to the Holy Land Friars supports the work they  do in the Holy Land, work in providing education, healthcare, care for children and the elderly, and  maintenance of the holy shrines themselves.

https://holylandpilgrimages.org/upcoming-pilgrimages/

For more info: info@holylandpilgrimages.org

“Living Stones” Tour of Palestine-Israel 

June 11-24, 2023

Featuring Dr. Michael Spath, founder of the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace https://indianacmep.org

For more info: lmichaelspath@gmail.com

Americans for Peace Now Dual-Narrative Tour of Israel, Palestine And Morocco  March 2023

The tour will combine the traditional elements with new, exciting programming that takes advantage  of MEJDI Tours' expertise. Meet Israeli and Palestinian elected leaders and other officials at the Knesset  and in Ramallah, and Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan.

For more info: kpaul@peacenow.org

Community Peacemaker Team Delegation Visits to Palestine

Nakba Day May 10-22, 2023

Multifaith Peacemaking Sept. 27 – Oct. 9, 2023

Olive Harvest Nov. 3-15, 2023

CPT sends short-term (7-14 day) peacemaker delegations into crisis settings around the world. These  delegations link communities experiencing violence with individuals and groups. Delegations offer  participants a first-hand experience of CPT’s on-the-ground experiment in non-violence.

https://cpt.org/delegations/palestine

 

 

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Tour Organizations

Kairos Recommended trips to Israel/Palestine

https://www.kairosresponse.org/recommended_trips-1.html

Adventure tours

Abraham Palestine HeritageTrail

https://phtrail.org/trail/

Amos Trust Palestine Marathon

https://www.amostrust.org/amos-travel/run-palestine-2023/

Amos Trust Travel

https://www.amostrust.org/amos-travel/

Amos Trust

https://www.amostrust.org/amos-travel/experience-palestine-2023/

Bike Palestine

https://bikepalestine.com/

Siraj Center

https://sirajcenter.org/

Walk Palestine

https://www.walkpalestine.com/en

Human Rights/Factfinding Tours

Alternative Tourism Group

http://atg.ps/

Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (3-month stays, coordinated by the  World Council of Churches)

https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/eappi

Eyewitness Palestine

https://eyewitnesspalestine.org/

The Palestine Committee (Norway)

https://palestinakomiteen.no/ [website is in Norwegian]

To Be There

https://tobe-there.com/

Travel2Palestine (UK)

https://travel2palestine.org/

UCC Palestine/Israel Network

https://www.uccpin.org/witness-trips

USPCR

https://uscpr.org/activist-resource/ethical-travel-to-palestine-challenging-apartheid-tourism/

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Wi’am

https://www.alaslah.org/tours/

YMCA and YWCA

https://www.jai-pal.org/en/advocacy-visits-trips/advocacy-programs-palestine/journey-for-justice

Zaytoun (UK)

https://zaytoun.uk/visit-palestine/

Responsible Religious Pilgrimages

Center for Jewish Nonviolence

https://cjnv.org/

Churches for Middle East Peace

https://cmep.org/travel/

Community Peacemaker Teams

https://cpt.org/delegations

Footsteps of Jesus (Disciples of Christ)

http://www.footstepsofjesustour.org/

Friends of Sabeel Witness Trips)

https://www.fosna.org/come-see-visit-the-holy-land friends@fosna.org

Holy Land Franciscan Pilgrimages

info@holylandpilgrimages.org

Laila Tours & Travel (Bethlehem)

https://www.lailatours.com/

Lightline Pilgrimages (UK)

https://www.lightline.org.uk/

Living Stones (Holy Land Trust)

https://www.fosna.org/come-see-visit-the-holy-land  

Living Stones Pilgrimages (Pilgrims of Ibillin)

https://www.pilgrimsofibillin.org

Living Stones Tours (United Methodists for Kairos Response)

https://www.kairosresponse.org/tours.html

McCabe Pilgrimages (UK)

https://www.mccabe-travel.co.uk/

Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East

https://neme.network/

Pilgrimage People (UK)

https://pilgrimagepeople.org/

RCA Immersion Tours of Israel-Palestine

https://www.rca.org/global-mission/missionaries/josh-sally-vis/

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Tangney Tours (UK)

https://www.tangney-tours.com/

Tree of Life Journeys (First Congregational Church of Old Lyme)

https://tolef.org/

Virtual (Online) Tours

Green Olive Tours

https://greenolivetours.com/online-events/

Visit to Deir al Balah, Gaza (ANERA, video)

https://www.anera.org/blog/a-visit-to-deir-al-balah-gaza/

We Are Not Numbers (video shorts)

https://www.youtube.com/@wearenotnumbers2698

Handbooks, Maps, and Guides

“Palestine & Palestinians” Guidebook (ATG)

http://atg.ps/guidebook

Comprehensive information on Palestinian culture, history, archaeology, religion, architecture, and  politics, along with practical information (transport, hotels, cafes, restaurants, museums, hiking routes,  cultural centers, etc.) to travel responsibly.

Wujood “Existence/Presence” (Grassroots Jerusalem)

https://www.grassrootsalquds.net/wujood

Political tourist guide of Jerusalem, emphasizing the city’s unique attractions while drawing a picture of  the realities of Palestinian Jerusalemite communities from a grassroots perspective. It invites visitors to  take an active role in supporting Palestinian freedom by supporting the Palestinian economy or  volunteering.

Interactive Map of Jerusalem (Grassroots Jerusalem)

https://www.grassrootsalquds.net/

Profiles the neighborhoods, history, stories, businesses, and local organizing of Palestinian  Jerusalemites.

Palestine Open Maps (Visualizing Palestine and Columbia University Studio X Amman) https://palopenmaps.org/

An online interactive map of the geography of Palestine, including present-day Palestinian localities and  the hundreds of destroyed Palestinian villages often erased from official government maps.

VisitPalestine.tech

https://visitpalestine.tech/

Itineraries, logistical support, and more for travelers interested in the Palestinian technology and startup  sector.

Welcome to Palestine

https://www.welcometopalestine.com

A website offering comprehensive destination guides, broken down by city and village.

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A Short Bibliography on

Israel & Palestine

 

This bibliography is meant as a starting point, a listing of books that some have found useful in seeking to better understand the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis

 

People at the birth of modern Israel, the human side of the story, a good starting place

 

Elias Chacour, Blood Brothers

Father Elias Chacour is a Catholic priest and the Archbishop of the Melkite Church in Israel. Born in a village in the Galilee, he and his family were expelled in 1948 as part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Zionist forces. Father Chacour has stayed in Israel, devoting himself to peace through the education of Palestinian children and working for reconciliation between Palestinians and Jews. This is the memoir of an extraordinary man

Tolan, Sandy, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

The histories of two families, a Bulgarian Jewish family that barely escapes the Holocaust and a Palestinian family forced to flee their home during the establishment of the state of Israel, bound together in a house lived in and loved by both.  Meticulous endnotes anchor the human narration firmly in the history and events of the time.

 

Historical works

 

Gershom Gorenberg, The Accidental Empire

An essential and well-written book. An Israeli journalist and historian, Gorenberg recaps Zionist History as the preamble to conditions that set up the Occupation of the Palestinian territories post-1967. He then tells the whole tragic story of fanaticism, political cowardice, and failed opportunities. A unique and courageous window into Israeli society and politics.

Ilan Pappe, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Pappe is an Israeli historian. He is among a group of Jewish revisionist historians called the “New Historians” who have documented the actual actions of Zionist and then Israeli forces at the time of the founding of the State of Israel. This book relies greatly on material from Israeli military archives.  It is often emotionally difficult to get through.

Allis & Ronald Rodash,  A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel. 

This book studies the politics and decision making process that led President Truman to support the founding of the modern state of Israel.

Avi Shlaim, The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World since 1948

Shlaim,  Jewish revisionist historian and professor at Oxford, covers in detail relations between Israel and the Arabs from Israel's 1948 War of Independence to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In doing so, he shatters the “David vs. Goliath” view of the conflict so common among Israelis and the West.  Criticized for being too simplistic in presenting Arab side of the conflict.

Jewish experience:

 

Alice Rothchild,  Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience

Dr. Rothchild, a medical doctor who worked throughout the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem shares what she witnessed there and carefully describes how her views evolved because of what she saw.

Brant Rosen, Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity

Shocked by what he read about the 2008 Israeli military campaign in Gaza, American Rabbi Rosen began to publically question his long held "liberal Zionist" beliefs in his blog Shalom Rav.

Miko Peled. The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

In 1997, a tragedy struck the family of Israeli-American Miko Peled: His beloved niece Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber. That tragedy propelled Peled onto a journey of discovery. It pushed him to re-examine many of the beliefs he had grown up with, as the son and grandson of leading figures in Israel’s political-military elite.

 

Other

Jimmy Carter, Peace Not Apartheid, and We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land

The former president reflects on the actions necessary to bring a true peace to a troubled region he knows well.

Mitri Raheb, I am a Palestinian Christian

Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, he conveys an “active hope” even through the long Israeli military occupation.

Phyllis Benni’, Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer

Helpful to those who want to know the basic story of the conflict. She provides a great deal of information in a very short book – unfiltered by ideological lenses. This is an excellent book for someone who wants a brief but thorough overview.

Rashid Khalidi, Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. has Undermined Peace in the Middle East

Dr. Khalidi has written a relatively short, readable and frankly depressing overview of the more than 35 years of U.S. diplomacy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The noted Columbia University historian provides important empirical evidence and sobering analysis that shatters the mythology that the United States has a genuine desire for a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Dr. Naim Ateek, Justice and only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation

This work sets the biblical foundation for Palestine’s liberation theology movement. Dr. Ateek is the Canon of St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem and founder of Sabeel, an ecumenical and international organization committed to shedding light on the occupation and providing a Christian nonviolent response to it

SELECTED DOCUMENTARY FILMS

 

Voices Across the Divide - 57 min. Filmmaker Alice Rothchild is an American Jew raised on the tragedies of the Holocaust and the dream of a Jewish homeland in Israel. The film follows her personal journey as she begins to understand the Palestinian narrative while exploring the Palestinian experience of loss, occupation, statelessness, and immigration to the US. The documentary is both a personal journey to understand the Palestinian narrative as well as the implications and contradictions of deeply held cultural beliefs in the Jewish community. Rothchild interviews those who participated in the Nakba – and those affected by it.

Budrus (2009) - 70 min. Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier

Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land (2004) - 80 min. This video shows how the foreign policy interests of American political elites-working in combination with Israeli public relations stratgies-influence US news reporting about the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with observations of analysts, journalists and political activists, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a brief historical overview, a striking media comparison, and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion.

With God On Our Side (2010) - 82 min. With God On Our Side takes a hard look at the theology and politics of Christian Zionism, which teaches that because the Jews are God's chosen people, Israeli government policies should not be questioned, even when these policies are unjust.

Life in Occupied Palestine - 55 min. Anna Baltzer, a Jewish-American Columbia graduate and Fulbright scholar, presents her discoveries as a volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service in the West Bank, documenting human rights abuses and supporting Palestinian-led nonviolent resistance to the Occupation. Baltzer's presentation provides those interested in the Israel/ Palestine conflict with critical information and documentation that can be difficult to obtain through mainstream Western media sources, and to encourage dialog towards taking action on the issue. Topics discussed include checkpoints, settlements, Israeli activism, Zionism, 1948 War & refugees, censorship, the Wall, the ongoing annexation of Palestinian land, and the almost unbearable living conditions under the occupation.

Little Town of Bethlehem (2010) - 75 min. The documentary shares the gripping story of three men, born into violence, willing to risk everything to bring an end to violence in their lifetime. A Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew-shaped by events of their Palestinian and Israeli upbringing-find inspiration in the words and actions of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. Sami, Ahmad, and Yonatan believe that violence can indeed be stopped but recognize their own struggles will remain. Yet they will struggle together to discover a common humanity through non-violent action. In the city of Bethlehem where it is said God became man, these men stand alongside others whose central desire is to be accepted and treated as fully human.Their story brings fresh hope to the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel while taking a stand against violence throughout the world.

The People and the Olive - 70 min. What do olive trees mean to Palestinian farmers? Olives are their livelihood, their source of sustenance and the way they root themselves, historically and spiritually, to the land. But Palestinians are denied access to nearly 30 percent of their beloved olive trees in the West Bank as they struggle to live under Israeli military occupation. How do they persevere? And what should the international community understand about Palestinian olive farmers, who love their land and harvest it every season to feed their families — just as farmers across the world do?

On the Side of the Road -             103 min. Filmmaker Lia Tarachansky is a Jew who was born in Kiev. When she was six her family moved to the Ariel settlement in the West Bank. Her mother wanted to contribute to Zionism, Lia said. Tarachansky turns the camera on herself as she revisits settlements and interviews current residents. She says her goal is just to examine and narrate.

Occupation Has No Future - 84 min. Through conversations with Israeli conscientious objectors, former soldiers, and Palestinians living under occupation, Occupation Has No Future creates a survey of the current atmosphere in Israel and the West Bank. The film explores the Israeli social environment that creates heightened militarism and leads to fear and aggression; and examines the consequences of Israeli policies for the Palestinian people as well as for Israeli civil society. Additionally, this documentary looks at the Israeli anti-militarist movement and Israeli youth refusing conscription, refusing orders, and partnering with a growing grassroots Palestinian campaign of civil disobedience against the occupation

Checkpoint - 80 min. Documentary filmmaker Yoav Shamir's depiction of the checkpoints that the Israel Defense Forces man in the Palestinian Authority.

Defamation (2009) - 101 min. Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?"

Encounter Point  - 85 min. Film follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. Their journeys lead them to the unlikeliest places to confront hatred within their communities. The film explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grassroots solutions

Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority  - 90 min. A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. political involvement.

Five Broken Cameras  - 90 min. When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For more than five years, Emad films the struggle, which is led by two of his best friends, alongside filming how Gibreel grows. Very soon it affects his family and his own life. Daily arrests and night raids scare his family; his friends, brothers and himself are either shot or arrested. One Camera after another is shot at or smashed, each camera tells a part of his story.

Living under the Occupation: Daily Life in Occupied Palestine - 27 min. A film made by EFA MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) François Alfonsi, Jill Evans and Ana Miranda during their visit to the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Promises (2002) -106 min. Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of seven local children between 1995 and 1998. These seven children tell their own story about growing up in Jerusalem. When the protagonists speak out in an epilogue a couple of years later, it becomes apparent that all have lost their childlike innocence.

Salt of the Earth: Palestinian Christians in the Northern West Bank (2004) - 193 min. Marthame and Elizabeth Sanders lived in the Christian Palestinian village of Zababdeh from August, 2000, through December, 2003. Volunteers with the Presbyterian Church (USA), their ministry was one of ecumenical support to the Church in the land of its birth. The film documents the lives of nine Palestinian Christians living in the northern West Bank. This film grew out of a desire among their Palestinian neighbors to share their stories, and a desire among Christians in the West to hear them. The Sanders describe the project as "a labor of love, a response to the graciousness, warmth, hospitality, and welcome we received from our Palestinian neighbors and colleagues."

The Colour of Olives - 97 min. Like many Palestinian families, the Amers live surrounded by the infamous West Bank Wall where their daily lives are dominated by electrified fences, locks and a constant swarm of armed soldiers.  Constructed with a combination of verité scenes and re-enactments, this poignant and richly crafted film offers its audience a much needed opportunity to reflect on the effects of racial segregation, the meaning of borders and the absurdity of war.

The Gatekeepers - 101 min. A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets

The Law In These Parts (2013) - 105 min. What is legal and what is just? The wide gap between the two is explored meticulously by this Israeli investigation of the legal structure created after the 1967 Six Days War, specifically to treat the West Bank and Gaza Strip as occupied territories. Speaking with some of Israel’s most respected lawyers and judges – men who helped to craft and later interpret these laws – filmmaker Ra’anan Alexandrowicz asks tough, pointed questions and gets even tougher answers. He asks his subjects to consider the consequences of their actions in a highly politicized environment. This documentary takes the position that unjust laws create unjust realities. Laws that everyone admits are not perfect but are the best that can be done under difficult circumstances may result in tragedy for everyone: both the judges and the judged.This film is winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Sundance and Jerusalem Film Festivals.

It's Better to Jump - 75 min. There is a centuries-old seawall in the ancient port of Akka, located on Israel's northern coast. Today, Akka is a modern city inhabited by Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Baha'i, but its history goes all the way back to rule of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Young people dare to stand atop the 40' one-meter thick block structure and risk their fate by jumping into the roiling sea. This perilous tradition has continued for many generations, and has become a rite of passage for the children of Akka. "It's Better to Jump" is about the ancient walled city of Akka as it undergoes harsh economic pressures and vast social change. The film focuses on the aspirations and concerns of the Palestinian inhabitants who call the Old City home.

Home Front – Portraits From Sheikh Jarrah - Getting beyond the sensational headlines and broad generalizations that normally dominate discussions of Jerusalem, Home Front captures voices rarely heard, of those struggling to stop settlement expansion in East Jerusalem and build a future of pluralism and equality in the city. Featuring the accounts of a Palestinian teenager forced to give up half his home to Israeli settlers, an American-born Israeli mother who gets drawn into the demonstrations after her children’s arrest, a Palestinian community organizer who brings local women to the forefront of the struggle, and a veteran of the Israeli army who becomes one of the campaign’s leaders, Home Front chronicles the resolve of a neighborhood, and the support it receives from the most unexpected of places.

Censored Voices - The 1967 'Six-Day' war ended with Israel's decisive victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed, to this day, as a righteous undertaking - a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording revealed an honest look at the moment Israel turned from David to Goliath. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing the kibbutzniks to publish only a fragment of the conversations. 'Censored Voices' reveals the original recordings for the first time.

Teaching Ignorance - 2015, 52 Minutes. This powerful film follows several Israeli and Palestinian teachers over the course of an academic year. It asks: How do the Palestinian, Israeli Arab, and Israeli Jewish educational systems teach the history of their peoples? By observing teachers, the film shows us their exchanges and confrontations with students as they transmit the values of religion, politics, and nationalism in the classroom. In Teaching Ignorance, educators from all sides of the conflict debate their peoples’ official curriculum, wrestling with is restrictions. This film offers an intimate glimpse into the profound and long-lasting effect that the Israeli/Palestinian conflict transmits to the next generation.

 

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