Palestinian Christian Bible Scholar, Yohanna Katanacho, spoke at Catalyst Live, Reading, UK 2013. Today is the 1948 anniversary of Israeli independence and the Palestinian nakba (catastrophe). Loving enemies is still the best way to make friends. Pray for Israelis and the Palestinians. Source: Love Your Enemies
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 →
Al-Nakba Horror – Remembering 1948 and the ‘Trail of Tears’
May 15th, 1948 - The Palestinian Catastrophe, known as 'Al-Nakba', also known as Israeli Independence Day. One date, one land, two peoples, opposite ends of the spectrum - one people in deep trauma, the other in deep joy, a joy which is certainly tinged with a darkness of soul that must be continually pushed down... Continue Reading →
Love Your Enemies
Palestinian Christian Bible Scholar, Yohanna Katanacho, spoke at Catalyst Live, Reading, UK 2013. Today is the 1948 anniversary of Israeli independence and the Palestinian nakba (catastrophe). Loving enemies is still the best way to make friends. Pray for Israelis and the Palestinians. http://vimeo.com/81400326
Remembering ‘Al Nakba’ in 2014
May 15th is the anniversary of what the Palestinian people (Muslim, Christian, Other), call 'Al Nakba' meaning 'The Catastrophe'. The day in 1948 when Israelis declared independence before systematically and brutally removing indigenous people from their ancestral land, over 500 towns and villages depopulated, left in ruins or wiped off the map, beginning what we... Continue Reading →