Omar Haramy, a Christian leader from Palestine, has been invited to speak on this topic at Bloor St. United Church in Toronto on September 11 at 7:00 pm. Omar, an advocate for peace and justice, is program staff at Sabeel in…
Read more >US congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were denied entry to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Thursday after having previously been told they would be able to visit by the Israeli government. Tlaib is a Palestinian American who’s grandmother…
Read more >On Tuesday, August 6, the Israeli Civil Administration, the body that oversees the occupation of the West Bank, approved the construction of over 2,300 new housing units in the occupied West Bank. This comes two weeks after over 100 Palestinian homes…
Read more >A Canadian Federal Court has ruled that wines produced in illegal settlements located in the occupied West Bank cannot continue to advertise that they are made in Israel. The judge rule on Monday, July 29, that Canadian consumers have a constitutional…
Read more >The West Bank village of Sur Baher was targeted by hundreds of Israeli troops and bulldozers on Monday, July 22 as they began operations to demolish approximately 100 homes, citing ‘security concerns’ and claiming that the proximity of the houses to…
Read more >Tuesday, July 9 marks the 15th anniversary of an International Court of Justice decision that declared the Israeli Separation Barrier illegal. The wall has cut off thousands of Palestinians from the rest of the West Bank and restricted their freedom of…
Read more >On June 22, the Trump administration released further details about the US government’s latest Israel-Palestine peace plan, also known as the Deal of the Century. Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump and a primary architect of the plan, went to…
Read more >In April, the Israeli High Court approved the demolition of 60 buildings in Jerusalem that house over 500 Palestinian families. The official justification for this is the fact that these buildings lack permits. However, it is virtually impossible for Palestinians to…
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The Canadian Friends of Sabeel is committed to standing in solidarity with Palestinians, and raising awareness in Canada of the struggle of Palestinian Christians, while joining all people in Palestine and Israel striving for peace with justice toward reconciliation.
