One year after the US decision to move its embassy, this delegation takes a special in depth look at the situation in Jerusalem including the effects of displacement and gentrification on the Holy City. The group also tours many other areas in Palestine/Israel and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
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I have been reflecting about how so many fellow Christians visit the holy sites and either ignore the realities of the occupation or wholeheartedly embrace Christian Zionist theology. Visiting both the holy sites in Bethlehem and the border wall challenges Christian theology that is complicit in racism and settler-colonialism.
Read MoreWalking through Bethlehem yesterday, I started thinking about our time in Jerusalem. Israel’s strategic planning for the future of its illegal annexation of Jerusalem is a vision of a Jewish-majority city, in which a high tech city is developed, diverting transportation and tourist attractions away from Palestinian villages.
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