Thursday, August 5

MCC Palestine Update Has Moved

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Tuesday, February 2

Christ at the Checkpoint

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Greetings from Bethlehem, Last summer we sent general invitations to all our friends around the world to welcome them to attend a confer...
Monday, October 5

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This past weekend we had the opportunity to accompany MCC partner Zochrot on a visit to a village that had been destroyed in 1948. We’ve wri...
Monday, September 7

How do you say 'Nakba' in Hebrew?

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> MCC partner Zochrot recently had an exhibition highlighting the erasure of the Arabic language from Israeli society. Hebrew,...
Tuesday, July 28

Different Perspectives

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This article , from the New York Times , discusses Israeli settlements in the West Bank. One of the settlements highlighted, Beitar Illit, i...
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Wednesday, July 8

YMCA Graduation at Um Solomona

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MCC workers were able to visit the village of Um Solomona with the YMCA, one of MCC's partners in Palestine Israel. The Women's Trai...
Tuesday, June 23

Recognizing Partners

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MCC works with a variety of partners here in Palestine Israel. Our three main areas of focus are peace work, community development, and reli...
Thursday, June 4

An Article about MCC Partner 'Zochrot'

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An article about MCC partner Zochrot and some of the advocacy work they're doing in Israeli schools.
Monday, June 1

More than Empty Words

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It’s been four months since the Israeli offensive began on the Gaza strip; this military invasion following weeks of aerial bombing left mor...
Monday, May 18

Normal, like Everyone Else

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It's hot today in Bethlehem; really hot. It's not even 9am and we're already dreading the afternoon heat. Things don't open ...
Wednesday, April 29

Independence Day in Israel

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As seen through the eyes of Amaya Galil, Israeli Peace Activist with MCC Partner Organization Zochrot. Zochrot was started in 2002 with the ...
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Tuesday, April 28

Knocking Down the Wall(s)

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We were recently out at a Jerusalem restaurant with some friends visiting us from the States. Jerusalem is socially, though not legally, sep...
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Tuesday, April 14

Passover and 'Khametz'

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It's Passover, or Pesach, here in Israel; Jews around the world celebrate the time when God led the biblical people of Israel out of Egy...
Tuesday, March 31

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In search of the 1948/1967 connection, I began to search for the thread connecting the demolition of Salim and Arabiya's home to the Isr...
Tuesday, March 17

People make Peace, Not Nations

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We just had a learning tour here from Alberta, Canada. Our group ranged in age from 18-68, and came from all over Alberta. They were able to...
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Thursday, February 26

Aftermath of the Gaza Bombardment: A View from Inside the Wall

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MCC has been applying to visit partners since just after the War on Gaza ended on January 18 th , 2009. We heard various excuses from the Is...
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Tuesday, February 10

Access Denied

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It has been three weeks since Israel pulled its troops out of the Gaza Strip. But all is not well. Sporadic fighting continues. Palestini...
Friday, January 30

Something new.....

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Currently, the new U.S. envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, is visiting the Middle East. It’s a chance for a new start, with a new a...
Wednesday, January 28

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As one of the first steps in the struggle to return a sense of normalcy to their existence, the residents of Gaza sent their children back t...
Monday, January 26

Long Road Ahead

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The fragile ceasefire continues to hold in Gaza and both Hamas and Israel have submitted proposals for a longer-term ceasefire, in ongoing t...
Saturday, January 24

What are the Issues?

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This article , written over a year ago, notes that some representatives of Hamas are ready to talk to with the intention of getting to a pea...
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Thursday, January 22

Same report, different day

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“A report sponsored by eight British-based aid agencies and human rights groups has described the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Stri...