Lifta’s Nakba: Yacoub’s story of Displacement
Yacoub Odeh (84) recalls rich memories growing up in Lifta Village, before being forcibly displaced by Zionist militia at the age of ten, during the 1948 Nakba.
Lifta is one of over 530 Palestinian villages that were ethnically cleansed or destroyed to make way for the modern state of Israel, while more than 750,000 Palestinians were forced to flee their homes and 15,000 killed. Today, Lifta lies in West Jerusalem, claimed by Jewish Israelis – Yacoub lives in East Jerusalem, just 10 minutes away but unable to return to rebuild his life and home.
The right for Palestinians to return is upheld by International Law, but has never yet been honoured by Israel. View on YouTube
Sabt al-Nūr: The Holy Fire Ceremony
The Holy Fire ceremony is the pinnacle celebration of the Eastern Orthodox Christian calendar. Thousands gather in Jerusalem’s Resurrection Church on the Holy Saturday of Easter weekend, where tradition says a flame miraculously ignites in the empty tomb of Christ – passing from torch to torch and out into the streets beyond! The celebration dates back to the eighth century, but under Israeli occupation thousands of Christians (many of them Palestinians who have stewarded this tradition for millennia) are barred from entry, often facing violence from Israeli police, while the Christians of Gaza mark another Easter under genocide. View on YouTube
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem
Holy week in Palestine begins with the 1600 year-old Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem, following Jesus’ historic entry on a humble donkey two millennia ago. Beautiful, joyous, and pertinent as ever in the oppressive and seemingly hopeless context of year seventy-seven under Israeli occupation. Thousands of Christians united in a smorgasbord of traditions; celebrating and lamenting in various languages and intensities despite the heaviness and despair of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. View on YouTube
Embodying nonviolent resistance at Tent of Nations.
The Palestinian Christian Nassar family have worked their hilltop farm for generations, but since 1967 they’ve faced the destruction, attacks, and intimidation of Israeli occupation and apartheid. As settlements have expanded around them and threats have grown more severe, they’ve responded with creative non-violence and active steadfastness – centring Christ’s radical path of humanity, justice, and reconciliation, as they resist attempts to force them from the land. View on YouTube
COMING SOON: ‘Beyond Pilgrimage’
A multi-part video series examining a Christ-centred response to injustice in Palestine/Israel, unpacking harmful theologies, and exploring prayerful and practical action towards reconciliation, justice, and peace.
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