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Easter 2024 in the Holy Land: a holiday marked by Palestinian Christian sorrow
Religion News Service· 15 hours agoEaster is the holiest of days, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site where Jesus is believed to have died, is one of the most sacred sites for Christians. If you are a Christian < ...
Opinion | This Easter, let’s not try to pretend Jesus was a ‘Palestinian Jew’
Washington Post· 1 day agoIn this post-Oct. 7 period, a strange revisionist history of ancient times has started to take root.
Urgent Action VICTORY: Release Palestinian Human Rights Defender (IOPT 2.24)
Amnesty International· 2 days agoMunther Amira, Palestinian human rights defender and social worker, has been arbitrarily detained by Israeli forces since December 18, 2023. On January 11, 2024, an Israeli ...
Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit
Washington Post· 6 days agoIsrael’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announced the seizure of 10 square kilometers...
Blocking out the sun
New Hampshire Union Leader· 22 hours agoBethlehem artist Rebecca Fullerton calls her oil painting "Sogalikas Blocks Out the Sun." It's on view at the Gallery at Wren, 2011 Main St., Bethlehem.
Urgent Action: PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER IS RELEASED (Outcome IOPT 2.24)
Amnesty International· 2 days agoOn February 29, Palestinian human rights defender and social worker, Munther Amira, was released from administrative detention at Ofer Military Prison in occupied West Bank ...
Gaza’s Parish Priest Yearns to Return to His Beleaguered Flock
National Catholic Register· 2 days agoFor more than five months, Father Gabriel Romanelli has been living in Jerusalem, but his heart is...
Opinion: A Jew against Jews - Jewish Ledger
Jewish Ledger· 2 days agoHow ironic that a prominent Jewish senator should spark overflowing praise and a full-page in The New York Times for lacerating the Jewish state. Proudly identifying himself as “a guardian of ...
Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem prepares for a very different kind of Easter
National Catholic Reporter· 2 days agoFor more than 20 years, German-born Nikodemus Schnabel has lived as a Benedictine monk in Jerusalem....
Have Faith: Religion and the war in Gaza - The Martha's Vineyard Times
The Martha's Vineyard Times· 2 days agoWith the observance of Ramadan underway, Passover just ahead, and Good Friday being observed this week as we head into Easter weekend, I was thinking about the Holy Land. My colleague, and our ...