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  • Salim Shawamreh

    Beit Arabiya demolished for the sixth time

    We heard this morning that Beit Arabiya, the home owned by the Shawamreh family, which hosts a peace centre in East Jerusalem, was demolished in the early hours of the morning for the sixth time in 15 years by the Israeli authorities.

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  • Naim Ateek

    The Bible, Zionism and Palestine conference in Sheffield

    A range of speakers familiar to Greenbelters, as well as a host of new names, are coming together in Sheffield on 24-26 May to take part in The Bible, Zionism and Palestine conference at the University of Sheffield’s Department of Biblical Studies.

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  • Palestinian Flags

    Day 6: Time To Act

    We’re posting blogposts from Greenbelt director Paul Northup about our recent trip to Israel and Palestine. Here’s his final post, about how best to respond to what those on the trip experienced…

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  • The Freedom Theatre in Jenin

    Day 5: The Freedom Theatre

    We’re posting blogposts from Greenbelt director Paul Northup about our recent trip to Israel and Palestine. This trip, for the first time, took in a visit to The Freedom Theatre in Jenin…

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  • Defiance exhibition - artwork by Nidal Abu Oun

    Defiance – work by five artists from Gaza

    Defiance is an art exhibition at The Stone Space in Leytonstone, London, which brings together five Palestinian artists from Gaza.

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  • Jerusalem

    Day 4: The Bookseller of Jerusalem

    We’re posting blogposts from the Greenbelt trip to Israel and Palestine last week. Today, here’s a podcast about Munther Fahmi, the owner of the Bookshop at the American Colony Hotel…

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  • Hebron Roads

    Day 3: Keep right

    We’re posting blogs written by Greenbelt director Paul Northup during the Greenbelt trip to Israel and Palestine last week. Today, finding warm welcomes in a divided Hebron…

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  • Holy Land Trip - girl

    Day 2: For the beauty of the earth

    We’re posting blogs written by Greenbelt director Paul Northup during the Greenbelt trip to Israel and Palestine last week. Today – ancient olive trees, the land, and the beauty of the earth…

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  • Holy Land

    Day 1: Building bridges when others build walls

    This week, we’ll be posting blogs written by Greenbelt director Paul Northup from the Greenbelt trip to Israel and Palestine last week, as the party found out more about the situation on the ground in the land called Holy…

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  • Beit Arabiya

    Beit Arabiya demolished

    UPDATE: Greenbelt is one of a number of organisations who have signed a letter to the press condemning the demolition of Beit Arabiya.

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