November
2005
“Why are there so many Arabs here? Why didn’t
you chase them away?”
- Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion,
on visiting Nazareth.
In this issue:
Little White Lies [with Just a Hint of Grey]
“Cancer is rarely violent in its early stages. It just creeps.
It spreads. It consumes.”
- by Glenn Edward Witmer
Two Peoples Ever More Separate
Israel’s building activities in the West Bank suggest that its
next territorial withdrawal will be unilateral, not part of a peace deal.
- excerpted from The Economist
The Wall’s Psychological Impact
- by Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada
What Will Happen to Samer?
- by Dianne Roe, Christian Peacemaker Team, Hebron
‘Judaization’ From Gaza to Galilee
“The primary purpose of the ‘development’ plan is…
complete removal of the Arab population from the space.”
- by Isabelle Humphries, Washington Report
Travel & Encounter in the Holy Land
Holy Land Trust, in partnership with Middle East Fellowship, has four
new opportunities to visit the Holy Land in 2005 and 2006.
It’s Really a Matter of Taste
Take off your sandals, hold on to the pole, and step right in—ankle
deep!
Wine was a critical commodity for first-century Jews in Jesus’
community.
- by Glenn Edward Witmer, reprinted from the October issue of The Word
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