This story and many others are found on Joan’s blog. Through the eyes of a child… May 2, 2015 It’s hard not to wonder about how Palestinian children will view the world they grow up into. Will they have hope for the future? Here are some glimpses of children’s lives, where every

Jessica was recently in Palestine serving with Christian Peacemaker Teams.   Here she shares one of her stories. The ripping up and replanting trees – the Palestinian experience of resistance and hope  This morning in our worship, we read the famous passage from Ecclesiastes ‘to every

Liam from Adelaide is serving with EAPPI in the village of Yanoun from January til March 2015.  You can find his stories at poetry on his blog. Below is a little sample:   For the Girl Who Has Never Seen the Ocean Cumulus clouds expand and contract in the sky’s loom. She st

Carole is an Australian woman, regularly volunteering with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron. To follow her blog – go to http://abirdonthewire.com/ Or see below for a recent post: It was a good, slow start to the day as there was no school today so we didn’t start until

Jobs are few and poorly paid in Palestine due to the depressed economy brought about by being in an occupied territory. Many seek a work permit from Israel and get jobs and are paid more. This means they must go through the tedium of crossing through a check point on a daily, weekly o

Sally is a Melbournian currently on placement with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine Israel (EAPPI)) based in the the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank.  A key focus of the work of EAPPI is protective accompaniment, to protect people and the

Ps Robert Bartholomeus and his wife Jenny participated in the National Council of churches leaders visit to Palestine and Israel in 2012 as the representative of the President of the Lutheran Church .  This article was originally published in The Lutheran.  People in the West tend to

Susan volunteered in Palestine with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). Please click here to go to her post on the EAPPI blog.

My three months in Palestine have shown the value of international laws: Human Rights Law, which applies always and everywhere, as well as Humanitarian Law, which applies in conflict situations. As part of the training here, a Swedish consultancy, ‘Diakonia’ took us EAs through some o

This morning was one of those mornings when you look out the window and think – wow, this is going to be a lovely day. The sky was clear, the sun was shining – yeah, it would be a bit fresh, but it looked lovely. Then you step outside, and get slammed back against your front door by a