Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Daoud Kuttab: Pope Francis exceeds expectations for Palestinians

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"Words matter, and words of support are crucial to the success of any international and diplomatic project. Palestinians just got an enormous boost from Pope Francis, who underlined – particularly for the Israelis – the strong international expectation that there will indeed be a state of Palestine in the foreseeable future." Hussein Ibish of ATFP

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Pope Francis gets warm welcome from Palestinians [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO ...
Monday, May 26, 2014

My letter to USA Today RE Pope Francis Visits the Middle East photo gallery

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"This land means the future of ourselves and our children. Our story is one of tens of thousands of stories of Palestinians who have...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

"We were trying to take the Christian message and teachings and juxtapose them with the current situation, to help us think through what has happened over the last 66 years," Museum director John Persekian

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POPE FRANCIS Pilgrimage.... So That They May Be One: The unity of Christians is a message of unity for all humanity, called to overcome the divisions of the past and march forward together towards a future of justice, peace, reconciliation, pardon and fraternal love.

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http://www.news.va/en/sites/pilgrimage-holy-land HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE OF POPE FRANCIS 24-26 MAY 2014   The motto for the pilgrimag...

Israeli and Palestinian Leaders [invited] to Meet With Pope at Vatican... Francis took the unexpected step in Bethlehem, where he became the first pontiff ever to fly directly into the West Bank and to refer to the Israeli-occupied territory as the “State of Palestine.”

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Pope Francis led a papal Mass on Sunday in Manger Square in Bethlehem. Credit ...

My letter to the NYTimes RE "The Brotherhood Will Be Back" By Shadi Hamidmay

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Rachel Daniel holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel as her son Bukar sits beside her at their home in Maidug...
Friday, May 23, 2014

My letter to the NYTimes RE Open a Middle Road to Mideast Peace by Dennis B. Ross

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American Task Force on Palestine NEWS Holy Land prepares for papal visit Two days before Pope Francis arrives in the Holy Land, Israe...

"It is critically important to have a broad strategic vision of the future that embodies the values and aspirations of your people. And it is equally important to be able to project how you can see that vision being implemented in the short term. " James Zogby of AAI...

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"Thinking about the future means we do not create "false idols" of the past or present. It means that we understand that we...