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BETHLEHEM
Millions of people from around the world travel to the birthplace of Jesus, but often fail to see or refuse to accept that Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus - is now in a city of refugees.
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RAMALLAH
Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) - Palestinian Poet and Author
Darwish was born into a landowning family, in a village in the Western Galilee. Yet in June of 1948, when Israeli forces assaulted his village, his family fled to Lebanon. Israeli forces then destroyed the village to prevent its inhabitants from returning to their homes inside the new Jewish ( Read more... ) -
EID MUBARAK!
There are two religious holidays, or "eid"s in Islam. Eid al-Adha is considered the "Greater Eid," or the "Festival of Sacrifice. It is a four day holiday commemorating the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his eldest son Ishmael as an act of obedience to a command from Allah (God), and Ishmael's acceptance of this command.
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OLIVE PICKING
The organization Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) placed an urgent call for volunteers for the 2011 olive harvest in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (oPt). Since 2002, RHR has assisted Palestinian farmers in various parts of Area C with harvesting their crops, particularly during the olive harvest. They have done so because there has been a ( Read more... )
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