Palestine Archives

Former Jerusalem patriarch: Time to move away from war

Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
May 21, 2019

Appealing to Israel and the United States, Archbishop Michel Sabbah, retired Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, said it was time to move away from war.

No loans, no aid: Just Palestinian refugees in an international business

Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
Apr 28, 2019

The poorest of Jordan’s 10 camps for Palestinian refugees would seem to be the unlikeliest place from which to launch an international business, but SEP Jordan is no usual enterprise. Here, 350 Palestinian refugee women — and a few Syrians — practice their traditional craft of embroidery, but with a modern twist.

Likelihood of two-state solution in Middle East dimming, say two clergy

Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
Feb 6, 2019

The likelihood that a two-state solution will emerge in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict is narrowing to the point of impossibility, according to two clergy familiar with the situation.

Charity head urges remembering Palestinian Christians at Christmas

Church in Asia/Oceania, Church in the Middle East
Dec 24, 2018

As Christians turn the focus on the town of Bethlehem ahead of Christmas, an Irish nun who has worked in the region for over 20 years says to remember the local Christians are Palestinians suffering the same as their Muslim brothers and sisters.

West Bank residents work to ensure tourists spend time with locals

Catholic News Service, Church in Asia/Oceania
Dec 11, 2018

Bethlehem and the neighboring towns of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour depend economically on tourism, but traditionally have struggled with keeping visitors in the area for more than half a day.