Join other Greenbelters this Saturday, as we join the Stop the War demonstration to protest against the Israeli attacks on the aid convoys to Gaza and call for the end of the siege of Gaza.
As part of the Greenbelt Just Peace Campaign launched at last year's festival, Greenbelt invites you to join fellow festivalgoers and [...]

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Earlier this year, Greenbelt supported a visit by Jeff Halper to the UK. This month's podcast is a conversation which took place during this tour between Jeff and Phil Smith (Greenbelt's Head of Communication  & Business Development) . It provides an intro to the issues of the Holy Land for those who know little, but [...]

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In a continuing series on the blog, we're going to be hearing about parts of the Lineup for 2010 that people are particularly looking forward to. (For all Why I'm Excited posts, click here.)
In this post, Linda Ramsden of ICAHD, lets us know why she's excited about Clare Short…
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I am excited that for the first time [...]

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Each day this week, we're making line-up announcements for Greenbelt 2010. The next ticket deadline is on Friday (April 30th), so be sure to get your tickets!
Today, we're very happy indeed to announce that the comedian Jeremy Hardy will be at the Festival to present his film Jeremy Hardy Vs The Israeli Army.
Jeremy Hardy is [...]

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In our third podcast of 2010, we catch up with Brian McLaren during a recent flying visit to the UK. Greenbelt Trustee, Simon Hall talks to Brian about about his recent trip to Palestine, the Obama administration, his new book 'A New Kind of Christianity' and the churches division over human sexuality.

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Greenbelt is supporting the speaking tour by the Israeli campaigner Jeff Halper of ICAHD throughout March. Jeff is in conversation with Dr Ghada Karmi, a leading Palestinian writer and academic, to discuss how boycotts and other sanctions can allow the public to have a direct involvement in a complex situation, and achieve concrete solutions – similar [...]

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The charity Human Rights Watch is having its 14th International Film Festival in London from March 17th.
Following close on the heels of the Toronto HRW IFF, and before the New York edition in June, the London IFF features 28 films from 20 countries, which look at a wide range of themes from Accountability and Justice, [...]

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In December, a group of Palestinian Christians, representing a variety of churches and church-related organisations, issued "The Kairos Palestine Document" – an animated and prayerful call for an end to the occupation of Palestine by Israel. The call comes at a time when many Palestinians believe they have reached a dead end. It raises questions [...]

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Reflections from Bethlehem, behind The Wall, at Christmas time 2008.
'O Little Town of Bethlehem' – Greenbelt's first podcast – available for download here, with enhancements, transcripts and links to resources.

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