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Tutu Likens Israeli Actions to Apartheid

Posted in Socio-politik, tagged , , , , , on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Source: Inter Press Service, 29-10-2007
By Adrianne Appel
BOSTON – South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu compared conditions in Palestine to those of South Africa under apartheid, and called on “Israelis” to try and change them, while speaking in Boston Saturday at historic Old South Church. “We hope the occupation of the Palestinian territory by `Israel` will [...]

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No room at the Inns in the little town of Bethlehem

Posted in Faith, tagged , , , on December 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Palestinians had reason to be joyful this Christmas, with all the hotels booked inside what has been turned into a big prison by the Israeli wall of separation. Robert Berger reports for the VOA News from the little town mentioned by the prophets and later recorded by the Gospels as the place of Christ’s birth. [...]

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Bethlehem faithful prepare for the coming of Christ

Posted in Faith, Socio-politik, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »

A few months ago, the Network of Christian Organizations in Bethlehem (NCOB) organized an
event near the Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem, and invited local, international, grass roots, official and civil organizations and groups to participate.
The event took place next to Sumud Centre/ House of Peace, in an area trapped between the Wall and the Bethlehem-Jerusalem Military [...]

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