Category Archives: Social Justice

The World Council of Churches: violence in the Middle East by Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary

Dear Member Churches in the Middle East, Europe and North America, Greetings to you as sisters and brothers in Christ and fellow disciples of the Prince of Peace. In recent days we have all been stirred with compassion and beset … Continue reading

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Game Over by Sam Bahour

The Israeli-Palestinian peace charades ended with Israel’s aggression on Gaza and Lebanon. Now, peace with justice is the only way out. In case anyone had any remaining doubts, the flawed Middle East peace process and the international community’s half-hearted efforts … Continue reading

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The Christian Exodus by Eileen Flemming

A House of Representative’s bill seeking co-sponsors by Rep. McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Crowley (D-NY), “condemning the persecution of Palestinian Christians by the Palestinian Authority,” is another instance of Orwellian double-speak about the Christian exodus from the Holy Land. This resolution fails … Continue reading

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Aggression Under False Pretenses by Ismail Haniyeh

The Holy Land still has an opportunity to be a peaceful and stable economic powerhouse for all the Semitic people of the region. If Americans only knew the truth, possibility might become reality. GAZA, Palestine — As Americans commemorated their … Continue reading

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End the Suffering in the Middle East by Rabbi Michael Lerner

The people of the Middle East are suffering again as militarists on all sides, and cheerleading journalists, send forth missiles, bombs and endless words of self-justification for yet another pointless round of violence between Israel and her neighbors. For those … Continue reading

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If Iran is ready to talk, the US must do so unconditionally by Jonathon Steele

It is absurd to demand that Tehran should have made concessions before sitting down with the Americans It is 50 years since the greatest misquotation of the cold war. At a Kremlin reception for western ambassadors in 1956, the Soviet … Continue reading

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Ideology trumps equality by Barbara Kay

‘For Heaven’s sake, a man is cheating on you, you do what every wife in this country does: You take him to the cleaners. Get his house, car, kids — make him wish he was dead.” Those were the words … Continue reading

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Starving in the Dark by Dr Virginia Tilley

On the excuse of rescuing one kidnapped soldier, Israeli is now bombing the Gaza Strip and is poised to re-invade. It has also arrested a third of the Palestinian parliament, wrecking even its fragile illusion of capacity and reducing the … Continue reading

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The Unreasonably Reasonable Ambassador (part 2)

The Palestine Chronicle interviews His Excellency, Afif Safieh,Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ambassador to the US If one has grievances concerning Hamas, it is never of a Christian nature because there was no Hamas misbehavior against Christians. Sherri Muzher: On April … Continue reading

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