Dr. George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canon John Peterson, General Secretary of the Anglican Communion, Jerusalem's President Bishop Samir Kafity, Bishop Coadjutor Riah Abu el-Assal and Bishop James Ottley, Anglican Observer at the United Nations, have all made statements on the recent bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
"The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams has described as 'heartbreaking and harrowing' a meeting he held in Syria with refugees from Iraq. Over two hundred refugees, mostly members of Christian congregations, met Dr. Williams in a Syrian Orthodox monastery at Ma'aret Sednaya, outside the Syrian capital. Dr. Williams head at first hand of the plight of some of the one and a half million refugees who have fled Iraq for Syria since 2003". "The refugees told Dr. Williams that their circumstances were desperate and unsustainable, with no hope either of a safe return to Iraq or of citizenship in Syria or elsewhere. They were grateful for what Syria had been able to do but their long term prospects remained bleak and there were fears that Syria would soon not be able to accommodate new refugees. Embassies, they reported, were refusing to open their doors to allow them to register as refugees. The Archbishop promised to do what he could to ensure they were not forgotten and told them his prayers were with them, particularly for their children".
"In another encounter, the Archbishop met with Palestinian refugees at the Dibayeh camp outside Beirut. Most had lived there, or in other camps, all their adult lives, some since 1948. Others had been born and raised their own children in the camp. Despite the best efforts of some of aid agencies, support for the camps was drying up. The Archbishop will raise the question of better coordination of aid to the camps with the aid agencies".
Prepared by a project group with participation from the following institutions: Norwegian Institute of Human Rights (NIHR), Oslo, Norway ...
Compiled by human rights institutes in Norway, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Canada.
2003 edition subtitled: Human rights and local/living law.
2002 edition subtitled: Empowerment, participation, accountability and non-discrimination: operationalising a human-rights-based approach to development.
2001 edition subtitled: Reparations : Redressing past wrongs
Edited in 2003 by Lone Lindholt and Sten Schaumburg-Muller.
Edited in 2002 by Martin Scheinin and Markku Suksi.
Edited in 2001 by George Ulrich and Louis Kranne Boserup.
Edited in 1999/2000 by Hugo Stokke and Arne Tostensen.
Edited in 1998 by Hugo Stokke and Arne Tostenstein.
Edited in 1997 by Hugo Stokke, Astri Suhrke, Arne Tostenstein in cooperation with Oystein Rygg Haanaes.
Edited in 1996 by Peter Baehr, Lalaine Sadiwa, Jacqueline Smith in cooperation with Annelies Bosch.
Series begun in 1984. Annual since 1989.
Each year includes focus essays on selected countries.
Contents divided into three main sections: Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam.
Contents: Prologue -- JUDAISM -- With Israelis in Jerusalem -- Arab Jews: The Silent Majority -- Going to the Synagogues -- On a Moshav with Aviva and Reuven -- In the West Bank -- Linda and Bobby -- CHRISTIANITY -- With Christians in Jerusalem: The Old Walled City -- Ousama: Born in a Convent -- In Bethlehem with Mervat -- ISLAM -- The Old Walled City: Arab East Jerusalem -- Kamil, a Muslim Merchant -- With Palestinians in Jerusalem -- With Palestinians in the West Bank -- Kareemi, a Palestinian -- Bir Zeit University -- A Palestinian Refugee Camo: The West Bank -- Zayid, a Palestinian Worker in Israel -- Abdul and Stories of Torture -- Epilogue.
The author, an American journalist, lived in Israel and stayed with three families -- Jewish, Christian and Muslim -- in order to share their lives and perspectives.
"We often deal with the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in a distant academic manner -- reducing the conflict at times to maps, borders, land percentages, dates and statistics. Void from these points of reference is the depiction of the day-to-day reality of life under occupation. This book is a serious attempt to convey this reality and to humanize the conflict by telling the stories of a people whose biggest struggle in life is to perform simple ordinary tasks in extraordinary circumstances. Through Bill's journey with the Christian Peacemaker Teams [2005-2008] and through his personal e-mails and photographs we will offer an eyewitnesses account that will tell the stories of the people who live in Tel Rumeida, a Palestinian neighbourhood located on a hilltop on the edge of the Old City of Hebron." -- p. 5.
Contents: God Forsaken [Poem] / Samah Sabawi -- Anger and Humor / Bill Baldwin -- Introduction / Bill Baldwin -- Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Circumstances / Samah Sabawi and Bill Baldwin -- Hebron Lives / Samah Sabawi -- In the Way / Bill Baldwin -- The Tel Rumeida Project / Bill Baldwin -- A Sad Story with Good, Small Moments / Bill Baldwin -- Palestinian Anger / Bill Baldwin -- Palestinian Organizations / Bill Baldwin -- Getting to Know Israelis / Bill Baldwin -- Getting to Know Ourselves / Bill Baldwin -- Girl Meets God / Samah Sabawi -- Reflecting on Samah's Story / Bill Baldwin -- From the Song of Deborah to the Simpsons / Bill Baldwin -- The Son of Man / Bill Baldwin -- Idols and Ideologies / Bill Baldwin -- The Secular Approach / Samah Sabawi -- Intimate Space: Global Space / Bill Baldwin -- Dear Friends / Samah Sabawi -- Endnotes.
Co-author Bill Baldwin is an Anglican Church of Canada priest, formerly in the Diocese of Moosonee and now resident in the Diocese of Ottawa.
"We often deal with the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in a distant academic manner -- reducing the conflict at times to maps, borders, land percentages, dates and statistics. Void from these points of reference is the depiction of the day-to-day reality of life under occupation. This book is a serious attempt to convey this reality and to humanize the conflict by telling the stories of a people whose biggest struggle in life is to perform simple ordinary tasks in extraordinary circumstances. Through Bill's journey with the Christian Peacemaker Teams [2005-2008] and through his personal e-mails and photographs we will offer an eyewitnesses account that will tell the stories of the people who live in Tel Rumeida, a Palestinian neighbourhood located on a hilltop on the edge of the Old City of Hebron." -- p. 5.
Contents: God Forsaken [Poem] / Samah Sabawi -- Anger and Humor / Bill Baldwin -- Introduction / Bill Baldwin -- Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Circumstances / Samah Sabawi and Bill Baldwin -- Hebron Lives / Samah Sabawi -- In the Way / Bill Baldwin -- The Tel Rumeida Project / Bill Baldwin -- A Sad Story with Good, Small Moments / Bill Baldwin -- Palestinian Anger / Bill Baldwin -- Palestinian Organizations / Bill Baldwin -- Getting to Know Israelis / Bill Baldwin -- Getting to Know Ourselves / Bill Baldwin -- Girl Meets God / Samah Sabawi -- Reflecting on Samah's Story / Bill Baldwin -- From the Song of Deborah to the Simpsons / Bill Baldwin -- The Son of Man / Bill Baldwin -- Idols and Ideologies / Bill Baldwin -- The Secular Approach / Samah Sabawi -- Intimate Space: Global Space / Bill Baldwin -- Dear Friends / Samah Sabawi -- Endnotes.
Co-author Bill Baldwin is an Anglican Church of Canada priest, formerly in the Diocese of Moosonee and now resident in the Diocese of Ottawa.