Below is a great short video of the recently completed Walk to Jerusalem by those great guys n gals at Amos Trust. It stands as prophetic testimony to the Balfour Declaration that was written in 1917. https://vimeo.com/amostrust/just-walk
A Palestinian’s Plea to the British Prime Minister
Palestinian theologian and pastor the Rev Alex Awad has been mentioned on this blog before. I met him once a few years ago and he signed a book for me he had written that recounted the terrible events of the 1948 al-nakba through the lens of his own family...the book is a fantastic resource for... Continue Reading →
Understanding a Mystery
Israel or Palestine – where is it heading? A sermon by Richard Matcham based on Romans 11:25-36 “Lord I pray that the raw nerves and thin shells this topic will likely touch upon, will enlarge the capacity of us all to engage truthfully with the text and the world, and challenge us to be contentedly... Continue Reading →
Chosen? Israel-Palestine and Theological Assumptions
May 15th is the commemoration of the Palestinian 'Al-Nakba' or Catastrophe that began (officially) in 1948, and in a perverse marriage of political and religious ideology, continues today! This blog has several theological-historical accounts of this particular subject, and below is a book review by a respected New Testament theologian on a book by an... Continue Reading →
The Myth of the Myth of Palestine
It is, if I may be frank, quite pathetic that the spurious charge of a myth should so perpetuate itself. In fact, it is nothing other than Girardian scapegoating on an industrial scale. If you can convince a person or group that another person or group is somehow less than deserving, less human, less, just... Continue Reading →
Mission Impossible! a comment on the current escalation in Israel/Palestine violence
The following is a note by the President of Bethlehem Bible College, Jack Sara, on the current troubles engulfing the West Bank and Gaza. It was published on the excellent 'Come and See - a Christian web site from Nazareth'. This post is re-printed here with the personal permission of Jack, a faithful Christian, a... Continue Reading →
Apartheid: any system or practice that separates people according to color, ethnicity, caste, etc.
"Jimmy Carter, the former president of the USA and member of the group of elders published a book called Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. This brought into the mainstream something that was known to people close to Palestine and Israel for a while. Palestinian Christians and Muslims are living as second class citizens under an apartheid... Continue Reading →
Palestine Unlocked – Celebrating Life and Culture: 4 – 21 June 2015 (Oxford, UK)
Sending a BIG shout out to this incredible upcoming festival. To go to their website click here. A Conversation with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti Monday 8th June – Nobel Peace Prize nominee and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouti will be in conversation with Edward Mortimer about the future of Palestine. Mustafa... Continue Reading →
England and Wales: Al-Nakba re-imagined
How would you feel if: You were Welsh, and you lived in Wales, and the English built a wall between England and Wales? And if: the English built a wall actually into Wales, dividing up villages and farms, and stopped you from going to England, even to a nearby hospital? And then: built English towns... Continue Reading →
A Palestinian Catastrophe is a World Catastrophe
Leading up to (yet) another anniversary of the 'catastrophe', or 'Al-Nakba', of the Palestinian people following the events prior and up to and since 15th May 1948, I will be posting excerpts highlighting this tragic situation from various angles. I have taken my lead from the excellent book 'Palestinian Memories' by Palestinian theologian Alex... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 