MennoLetter from Jerusalem

July 2007

• Download July MennoLetter from Jerusalem [135 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files] A Middle East View by Mennonite Church Liaison, Glenn Edward Witmer

BY Glenn Edward Witmer

HATIKVA—Hoping Beyond Hope

BY Ali Abunimah

One-State Solution is “Gaining Ground”

Sabeel Statement on 40 Years of Israeli Occupation

How Long, Oh Lord?—Enough is Enough

Fair Witness Rejects Sabeel’s Statement on the 40^th Anniversary of the Six-Day War

“The statement weaves a thoroughly dishonest narrative, ignoring any Palestinian culpability for violence.”

Hamas: Gaza Christians Must Accept Islamic Rule

BY Rosette Elghossain

For Better or for Worse, for Christmas or for Ramadan

“Why not say I do out of mutual love, trust, and respect instead of the preferred Holy Book?”

BY Adam Lebor

New Lyrics for Israel

What about an Israeli soul instead of a Jewish soul?

BY Alistair Lyon, Reuters

Misery Tempts Palestinian Christians to Flee

“People are completely exhausted. If it stays like this, Palestine will be a big psychiatric hospital.”

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