Israeli court convicts Palestinian aid worker after six years in detention
Beersheba, Israel AP An Israeli court on Wednesday convicted a Palestinian aid worker who has been detained for six years on Israeli charges he funneled tens of millions of dollars in relief funds to the militant group Hamas. The Beersheba District Court found Mohammad El Halabi guilty of supporting a terror organisation but acquitted him […]
Aid worker’s father appeals to Pope Francis to gain his son’s release from Israel
RNS A Palestinian man has appealed to Pope Francis to intercede with the Israeli government to release his son, a humanitarian worker with a Christian aid organisation, who has been in jail for more than five years on what the father maintains are manufactured charges. Khalil al Halabi, a former head of education at the […]
MIDDLE EAST: US EVANGELICALS FIND LIKE-MINDED CHRISTIANS IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE – THE PALESTINIAN WEST BANK
DAN RABB, of Religion News Service, reports from the West Bank on how one Palestinian church is attempting to reach out to US evangelicals…
MIDDLE EAST: IN CHRIST’S BIRTHPLACE, OLIVE WOOD ARTISANS CARRY ON A HOLY LAND TRADITION
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports from Bethlehem on how Christian families are involved in carrying on an ancient work practice in the birthplace of Christ…
MIDDLE EAST: PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS URGE PROTESTS AFTER ISRAELI ASSAULT ON FLOTILLA
JUDITH SUDILOVSKY and STEPHEN BROWN report for Ecumenical News International…