by Sean Reilly | Sep 11, 2008
The need to “re-frame the religious dimensions” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a key goal of a 4-day international theological conference which began yesterday in the Swiss capital, Bern. The conference involves some 65 theologians and church...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 11, 2008
British human rights activist and journalist Lauren Booth has been trapped illegally in the Gaza strip as a result of a legal campaign calling for an end to the Israeli government blockade there, say Palestinian activists. The international Free Gaza Movement...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 3, 2008
A conference in Bern this month will discuss the often thorny concept of the “Promised Land” and related theological issues with a view to helping more churches become advocates for a just peace in the Middle East. The organisers say that the challenge for...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 29, 2008
Several Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian children and two Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) workers as they walked to their village of Tuba on Sunday 27 July 2008. The children had been attending summer camp in the village of At-Tuwani. As the fourteen children...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
Israeli soldiers have assaulted Christian Peacemakers and shot and killed a Palestinian youth in a village north of Hebron. Mohammad Al-Alameh, who was 17, was a member of a family with whom the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has had frequent contact in recent...
