Don’t say we didn’t know – by Amos Gwirtz

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According to reports by OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), 2016 was a peak year in house demolitions in the Occupied Territories. The Israeli army demolished 1,089 structures including dwellings, sheep pens, service structures and businesses, solar panels, water cisterns and infrastructures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. 1,593 people … Read more

European Mennonite Representatives Issue Statement on Refugees.

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At their annual meeting in late October, representatives of European Mennonite churches issued a statement regarding the refugee situation. In an accompanying letter to Swiss Mennonite churches, written after the attacks on Paris, the board of the Swiss Mennonite Conference writes:  “…in the outcry of horror and the calls for security, where some want to define … Read more