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Leaders and persons from across Mennonite
Church Canada are following closely the recent escalation of hostilities
in the Middle East. Keep watching this page for news regarding Mennonite
workers there, what Mennonites in Canada can do, and helpful links to
what other church partners are doing. Note: Due to high traffic on some
of these web sites, you may receive errors or messages such as "Server
is not available" when you click on these links.
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Prayer
for Peace in the Middle East (a litany/resource for congregations
in prayer; 52 kb Word Doc; posted July 27, 2006)
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Letter to Prime Minsiter Stephen Harper (posted July 27, 2006)
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Regarding Nazareth (Mennonite Church Canada Witness has a presence
in Nazareth through the ministry of Nazareth
Village):
Rocket deaths
highlight Nazareth's torn loyalties (link posted July 27, 2006)
Nazareth
attack underscores threat (link posted July 27, 2006)
U.S. insurers
declare Israel to be a war zone (link posted July 27, 2006)
Are
we here for a purpose? (link posted July 27, 2006)
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Stories from Lebonese Christians, via Christianity
Today:
Evangelical
Blindness on Lebanon; Who
Is My Neighbor' in the Lebanon-Israel Conflict?
by Martin Accad, Dean of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in
Beirut and graduate of the Near East School of Theology (links posted
July 26, 2006)
The
Silent Human Conscience by Riad Kassis, 2005/6 Old Testament Teacher
at the Near East School of Theology
(link posted Jluy 26, 2006)
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Mennonite Church Canada News: Danger
for ministry in Lebanon, Israel; As missiles fly, workers in Middle
East look for hope (added July 20, 2006)
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Kairos, an ecumenical peace initiative of which
Mennonite Central Committee is a member, has some information here:
A Call from our partners to press for diplomatic solution to the current
crisis in Palestine and Israel (added July 20, 2006)
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The World Council of Churches has relevant information
here: Middle
East peace: end violence, protect civilians, cease rhetoric of war,
urges WCC. (added July 20, 2006)
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