UCC votes for divestment from Israel as BDS marks tenth anniversary
(The Christian Science Monitor) Some Palestinian activists reveled in the momentum of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement ...
Is growth of anti-Israel boycott all good news for Palestinians?
(The Christian Science Monitor) Some Palestinian activists are reveling in the anti-Israel boycott’s momentum as it approaches its 10t...
Former Palestinian fighter chooses nonviolence
(The Christian Science Monitor) It was the year 2000, and the second Palestinian intifada had just broken out....
In Israel’s army, more officers are now religious
(The Christian Science Monitor) A cease-fire had just gone into effect on August 1 when Palestinian militants ambushed an Is...
Connecting teens to build peace
(The Christian Science Monitor) Seeds of Peace, which has become one of the Middle East’s most recognized peace-building initiatives, ...
Barriers between Israel and Palestinian territory also block relationships
(The Christian Science Monitor) When Linda Casher moved to an Israeli collective near the Gaza Strip as a young American woman in the 1970s, ...
Christmas in Bethlehem: A time of needed hope for Palestinian Christians
(The Christian Science Monitor) Under a stained-glass window depicting the angel’s joyful tidings of Jesus’s birth, candles flickered and a C...
Finding compassion in a trying land
(The Christian Science Monitor) The first bureaucratic triumph upon our arrival in Jerusalem came at the Ministry of Interior, when a surly woman peeled off our newly minted residency visas and pressed them into our passports.
“We are prisoners of thanks,” my husband and I said, mustering an antiquated Hebrew phrase of gratitude. “Bye,” she replied, with all the feeling of a desert rock.
Day after Jerusalem synagogue attack, site is symbol of faith and determination
(The Christian Science Monitor) Dov Sorotzkin was awakened Tuesday by gunfire between Palestinian assailants and Israeli police at his synago...
Rabbis killed at synagogue: Religious tinge of Jerusalem crisis deepens
(The Christian Science Monitor) Two Palestinian assailants entered a synagogue in the quiet West Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof Tuesday mo...
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Jordan recalls envoy to Israel over holy site disputes
(The Christian Science Monitor) Jordan recalled its ambassador, Walid Obeidat, on Wednesday (November 5) amid Palestinian allegations that Is...
Jerusalem: Along divided city's seam, two die in third recent attack
(The Christian Science Monitor) Jerusalem appears to be coming apart, literally at its seam, with three violent attacks in as many weeks taki...
Jerusalem in danger of open conflict over Temple Mount
(The Christian Science Monitor) Yesterday Moshe Feiglin walked on the holiest site in Judaism and posed for photos in front of the Dome of th...