Article: Christianity and the Middle East: Jerusalem Peace Activists On Quaker Tour

Christianity and the Middle East: Jerusalem Peace Activists On Quaker Tour

The American Friends Service Committee (Quaker) is among those concerned that Palestinian residency rights in Jerusalem have deteriorated to a very critical point. Thousands of forcibly separated Palestinian families have applied for family reunification permits there but very few have received them. Currently the Israeli authorities are instead confiscating Jerusalem ID cards from Palestinians who cannot prove that "their center of life" is in Jerusalem. The Israeli government policies of continuing land confiscation, refusing to grant building permits to Palestinians, expanding the building of Jewish settlements ...

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