Palestinians Archives

Vatican cautions Israel over West Bank annexation plan

May 20, 2020

The Holy See is concerned about an Israeli plan to unilaterally annex a large portion of land in the West Bank, said a Vatican statement.

By Catholic News Service

USCCB: Israelis, Palestinians must talk to get Mideast peace

Feb 5, 2020

President Donald Trump’s proposed Mideast peace plan deserves “serious consideration,” but “the Israelis and the Palestinians are the only ones who can resolve the differences and agree on a common resolution to the chronic impasse,” said a representative of the U.S. bishops.

By Catholic News Service

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

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.

By Dale Gavlak

Arab Israeli fights to visit father’s grave, now surrounded by air base

Mar 26, 2019

A Melkite Catholic is seeking to visit her father’s grave, which is now surrounded by an Israeli military base.

By Judith Sudilovsky

Melkite Catholic bishops criticize deteriorating Palestinian situation

Nov 13, 2018

Melkite Catholic bishops from around the world, meeting for their synod, criticized the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories and rejected Israel’s Nation State Law.

By Catholic News Service

Catholic workers say U.S. aid cuts to Palestinians could be disastrous

Sep 17, 2018

The U.S. budgetary cuts to humanitarian aid institutions helping Palestinians could lead to long-term disastrous consequences, said Catholic aid workers in the region.

By Judith Sudilovsky