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The Betrayal of Shadow and the Silence of Light
Read More: The Betrayal of Shadow and the Silence of LightBy Joy of Ghazza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, September 2025 In the sacred stillness of Da Vinci’s Last Supper,I once gazed upon that solemn silence,my soul entangled in every…
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A Message to the Living Stones
Read More: A Message to the Living StonesBy Deacon Stephanus Khoury of Zababdeh, Jenin, Palestine, June 2026 Dear Living Stones in the homeland of Jesus, In these days, as discussions about land, borders, and ancient…
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![[Saed] The new year arrived on time, but](https://i0.wp.com/christianminuschristianity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/pexels-photo-3036525.jpeg?resize=1880%2C1253&ssl=1)
[Saed] The new year arrived on time, but
Read More: [Saed] The new year arrived on time, butBy Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, January 1, 2026 The new year arrived on time,but itfound no door in the cityto knock on.
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BREAKING: Israel Declares Taybeh, the West Bank’s Last Entirely Christian Village, a Closed Military Zone
Read More: BREAKING: Israel Declares Taybeh, the West Bank’s Last Entirely Christian Village, a Closed Military ZoneIn the center of town, a sign of the residents’ faith. (Photo: MAB/Terre Sainte Magazine) Taybeh, Occupied West Bank, August 10, 2026 Taybeh has been declared a closed…
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![[Saed] What Doesn’t Drown](https://i0.wp.com/christianminuschristianity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/pexels-photo-26833024.jpeg?resize=1880%2C1253&ssl=1)
[Saed] What Doesn’t Drown
Read More: [Saed] What Doesn’t DrownBy Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, February 5, 2026 Amidst this devastation, he learned not to dwell too long on ideas, for heavy thoughts collapse like houses. He grasped…
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![[Saed] Our street has no name.](https://i0.wp.com/christianminuschristianity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/pexels-photo-36520960.jpeg?resize=1880%2C1253&ssl=1)
[Saed] Our street has no name.
Read More: [Saed] Our street has no name.By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, February 10, 2026 Our street wasn’t drawn on any architectural maps, yet it became the most beautiful street in the neighborhood. When I…
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Palestinian Teen Remains in Coma After Medical Crisis Following Israeli Detention
Read More: Palestinian Teen Remains in Coma After Medical Crisis Following Israeli DetentionFeatured image: A News / Anadolu Agency. Bethlehem, Occupied West Bank, August 4, 2026 A Family Facing an Unthinkable Separation As the four-day permit granted to the parents…
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![[Saed] A Lunar Memory](https://i0.wp.com/christianminuschristianity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/bbab904f-f5d3-4eac-ab4e-94c3d7420d9d.png?resize=1829%2C964&ssl=1)
[Saed] A Lunar Memory
Read More: [Saed] A Lunar MemoryTaken by Saed, Gaza Strip, August 2026 “Last night, I photographed the moon over the ruins of Gaza, with the distant lights of military posts behind it. Even…
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A Sea in My Name… and a Wounded Homeland
Read More: A Sea in My Name… and a Wounded HomelandBy Joy of Ghazza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, September 2025 I don’t know…Or perhaps, I do this time. Today, a desire unlike any before compels me to rebuild my…
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The West Bank’s Expanding System of Movement Restrictions, More Than Checkpoints
Read More: The West Bank’s Expanding System of Movement Restrictions, More Than CheckpointsOriginal analysis and map by Dr. Shaul Arieli. The Occupied West Bank, August 2, 2026 An Expanding Geography of Fragmentation Over the past four years, the occupied West…
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![[Saed] A Call Through the Wall](https://i0.wp.com/christianminuschristianity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sky-clouds-clouds-form-cumulus-clouds.jpg?resize=1880%2C1253&ssl=1)
[Saed] A Call Through the Wall
Read More: [Saed] A Call Through the WallBy Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, February 16, 2026 We left the Shuja’iyya neighborhood under an apocalyptic bombardment, the sky raining down fire as if writing our names in…
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![[Saed] I carry in my bag keys with no doors](https://i0.wp.com/christianminuschristianity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/pexels-photo-20584418.jpeg?resize=867%2C1300&ssl=1)
[Saed] I carry in my bag keys with no doors
Read More: [Saed] I carry in my bag keys with no doorsBy Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, April 7, 2026 I carry in my bag keys with no doors— keys to a house whose trace I have never found. In…
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Palestinian Embroidery on UNESCO’s List: Bethlehem as a Model of Identity and Memory
Read More: Palestinian Embroidery on UNESCO’s List: Bethlehem as a Model of Identity and MemoryBy Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine, July 2026 On December 15, 2021, during the 16th session of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, “The…
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One year after Awdah Hathaleen’s murdering, Umm al-Kheir honors his life with a library and medical clinic
Read More: One year after Awdah Hathaleen’s murdering, Umm al-Kheir honors his life with a library and medical clinicA mural of Awdah Hathaleen in the Umm Al-Khair community center with added writings by friends and family. (Omri Eran Vardi) Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills, Occupied West…
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![[Saed] Perhaps the reason for the continuation of the war is the severe lack of poetry among those negotiating on our behalf](https://i0.wp.com/christianminuschristianity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/pexels-photo-34581837.jpeg?resize=1880%2C1253&ssl=1)
[Saed] Perhaps the reason for the continuation of the war is the severe lack of poetry among those negotiating on our behalf
Read More: [Saed] Perhaps the reason for the continuation of the war is the severe lack of poetry among those negotiating on our behalfBy Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, August 5, 2025 This is the first of a series of posts by a poet in Gaza, Saed, who wrote these entries in…
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Palestinian Displacement, International Legitimacy, and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice
Read More: Palestinian Displacement, International Legitimacy, and the Ongoing Struggle for JusticeThe admission of Israel to the United Nations on 11 May 1949 remains one of the most debated moments in modern Palestinian political history because it linked international…
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Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank Subjected to Constant Terror by Israeli Settlers
Read More: Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank Subjected to Constant Terror by Israeli SettlersRev. Munther Isaac addresses the West about the constant terror Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank are subjected to by Israeli settlers.
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A Palestine-led Global Movement for Rights and Accountability (BDS): An In-depth Overview
Read More: A Palestine-led Global Movement for Rights and Accountability (BDS): An In-depth OverviewA Palestine-led global movement for rights and accountability, commonly known as Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS), is one of the most important expressions of Palestinian civil society’s quest…
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Four Palestinians Killed in West Bank as Settler Violence and Military Raids Escalate
Read More: Four Palestinians Killed in West Bank as Settler Violence and Military Raids EscalateIsraeli soldiers surround a hospital in Nablus where they arrested a wounded man and his brother from inside the hospital in Nablus, the occupied West Bank, on July…
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Gaza Strip Left Behind: The Impact of Israeli Aggression on the Sustainable Development Goals in 2026
Read More: Gaza Strip Left Behind: The Impact of Israeli Aggression on the Sustainable Development Goals in 2026More than 1,000 days into Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) paints a grim picture: Gaza is not merely suffering a…