Tag Archives: Arab

17 Apr, 2007

Arab-Israeli Conflict Class

I just noticed that my class “Arab-Israeli Conflict” has been offered at my university ever since 1972. How crazy. I had assumed that it was a newer course offering. The current increase in interest and conflict really only started (at least for my generation) back at the turn of the millennium.
But again I have noticed [...]

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01 Nov, 2002

Living in Jerusalem

Greetings in the name of Jesus…..
I’ve had a month now getting situated here in Israel, and have been getting involved in a lot of things.
Living
I am living in a dormitory at the top of the Mount of Olives inside the Augusta Victoria complex which contains a big Lutheran church, hospital, and a World Vision headquarters. [...]

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31 Oct, 2002

Jesus Film into Nablus, West Bank

Yesterday we took a trip with Andrew and Stevie, who are staff workers at the base, to Nablus in the West Bank of Palestine.� Tucked away in the back of our Land Rover were some boxes of Jesus videos en route to a new temporary Bible Society book shop right in the heart of [...]

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13 Oct, 2002

Palestinian Hospitality

Marhaba sabni
hello friends,
For the last week and a half that I’ve been here in Israel I’ve seen a little bit of the kind of friction there is between the Arabs and Jews. I have not had any problem yet dealing with either of them. I am living in the Palestinian neighborhood, right on top of [...]

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