Christian Churches Uniting To Bring Peace To The Holy Land

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Palestinian Rev. Mitri Raheb talks to journalists from the bullet-shattered window of his apartment adjacent to the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Saturday April 6, 2002. Rev. Raheb said in an interview Sunday April 7, 2002, that he was upset and sad that worshipppers were unable to attend Sunday mass because of a curfew imposed by the Israeli army.
Palestinian Rev. Mitri Raheb talks to journalists from the bullet-shattered window of his apartment adjacent to the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in 2002. Peter Dejong / AP Photo
Palestinian Rev. Mitri Raheb talks to journalists from the bullet-shattered window of his apartment adjacent to the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Saturday April 6, 2002. Rev. Raheb said in an interview Sunday April 7, 2002, that he was upset and sad that worshipppers were unable to attend Sunday mass because of a curfew imposed by the Israeli army.
Palestinian Rev. Mitri Raheb talks to journalists from the bullet-shattered window of his apartment adjacent to the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in 2002. Peter Dejong / AP Photo

Christian Churches Uniting To Bring Peace To The Holy Land

By Worldview
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The Carter Center recently hosted a summit called “Pursuing Peace and Strengthening Presence” aimed at helping create “a just and lasting peace in the The Holy Land.” 

One of the participants was Reverend Mitri Raheb, pastor of the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, West Bank. He’s also president of Bright Stars of Bethlehem.

Earlier his year, Raheb received the Olof Palme Prize, a humanitarian peace award from the Swedish parliament. He’s author of Faith in the Face of Empire, which asks readers to examine the Bible from the perspective of the Palestinian Jews who wrote it. Raheb tells us how he thinks Christian churches and American political leaders can help facilitate peace between Israelis and Palestinians.