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Come and See; Go and Tell: Next Year in Palestine

Event Date

December 11, 2022

Time

3pm EDT / 12 noon PDT

Come and See; Go and Tell

Next Year in Palestine

We travel, take tours, and make pilgrimages to the Holy Land with a variety of motivations: to see the antiquities that form a basis for Western culture, experience different cultures, and worship sacred sites. We are welcomed and guided by people who live there. What does tourism today mean to them? What are the ethical, political, and personal implications of a journey to a place where holy sites are surrounded by 30-foot-high concrete walls, soldiers with rifles patrol the streets, and residents live under the longest military occupation in modern history? Are there ways to be a traveler and meaningfully engage with all of the lived realities in the Holy Land while also honoring the basic tenets of our faiths? Three recent, short documentaries present a variety of voices, viewpoints, and visions of the Holy Land as offered by people living there today.

Watch the film for free at your convenience | Join the Q&A Discussion

Rifat Kassis: Palestinian Christian author, speaker, and human rights activist. 

Sam Bahour: Ramallah-based American businessman and entrepreneur

Mae Elise Cannon: Executive Director, Churches for Middle East Peace

Michael Spath (moderator):  Founder & Executive Director of Indiana Center for Middle East Peace

Register here: tinyurl.com/VFHL-December2022

Watch the Trailer: tinyurl.com/VFHLCome-SeeTrailer

This event is Co-Sponsored by: Friends of Sabeel North America, Churches for Middle East PeacePalestinian Christian Alliance for Peace, Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service,  and Indiana Center for Middle East Peace

SUPPORTER Organizations:  Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace ♦  Quaker Palestine Israel Network Unitarian Universalist for Justice in the Middle East Indiana Center for Middle East Peace Disciples Palestine-Israel Network Virginia Coalition for Human Rights Mennonite Palestine Israel Network Friends of Sabeel North AmericaCenter for Jewish NonviolenceEpiscopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel NetworkIsraeli Committee Against House Demolitions – USA ♦ Northern New Jersey Jewish Voice for Peace United Church of Christ – Palestine Israel Network ♦

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