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U.S. Senators Threaten to Decrease Security of U.S. Embassies Worldwide

the Web Editors 1-09-2017

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It wasn’t long ago that Rubio and Cruz criticized the Obama administration for the deaths of four Americans, including Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, in a terrorist attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

“Congress and the Executive Branch need to work together to do everything possible to make sure something like this does not happen again,” said Rubio in June 2016.

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Western Christians Should Support a Palestinian Statehood

Alex Awad 9-26-2011
Late last week Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke at the United Nations to request an official recognition of Palestine as an independent state with full statehood status at the UN.
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Toothbrushes, Towels, and Tackling Root Causes in Gaza

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 6-29-2011

We met 10-year-old Noor Al-Abid in November during our first visit to Gaza.

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How Should Christians Respond to Uprisings in the Arab World?

Alex Awad 3-22-2011

After decades of repression by autocratic dictators, the restless masses in the Middle East and North Africa are going to the streets -- most of them nonviolently -- and asking their leaders to step down.

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God Uses Insignificant Persons to Change the World

Alex Awad 3-07-2011

We have seen the collapse of Mubarak in Egypt and the regime in Tunisia. Turmoil continues in Libya and elsewhere.

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Nonviolent Activists in Palestine Face Harassment, Prison, and Violence

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-07-2011

Last Friday, at a protest against the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bil'in, Palestinian nonviolent activist Jawaher Abu Rahmah was killed by http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fmondoweiss.net%2F2011%2F01%2Fde...

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Enough Jawboning: A Bold but Hopeful Proposal for Middle East Peace

Arthur Waskow 4-12-2010

There is a biblical story in which Samson used the jawbone of an ass to defeat his enemies. Today some politicians seem to think "jawboning" -- talk and more talk, whether sweet or angry -- can actually win peace in the Middle East. But it will take much stronger action.

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Presidents' Plans and Precedents for Peace in the Middle East

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 4-09-2010

Several sources have recommended this commentary by M.J. Rosenberg at Media Matters as a helpful analysis of the new "Obama Peace Plan" for the Middle East.

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Israeli Peacemakers' Challenge to Americans

Brian McLaren 2-01-2010

We have spoken with many Palestinians in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem so far in our pilgrimage, both Christian and Muslim. Their voices are seldom heard in our corporate media, so it has made sense to meet, listen to, and understand them.

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We Need an Abrahamic Alliance of the 'Passionate Best'

Arthur Waskow 10-26-2009

For the next few days in Washington, D.C., 1,200 people are gathering in the name of a "pro-Israel, pro-peace" U.S. policy. Because of my broken leg, I can't be physically there. But my mind and spirit and 40 years of my work are there today.

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Nonviolent Palestinian Activists Arrested as Israel Cracks Down on Wall Protests

Ben White 9-24-2009

Earlier this year, I was shown around Jayyous by Mohammad Othman, Youth Coordinator of the Stop the Wall campaign, a nonviolent grassroots movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

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Israel Kicks Refugees Out of Their Tents

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 8-03-2009

In most cases in Occupied Palestine at this point, Palestinian refugees live in UN-administered camps that are essentially urban slums--overcrowded apartment blocks with high rates of poverty. But there are still some refugees that live in tents.

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