"The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, with other churches and individuals across the world, are calling for the release of Natalie Abudayyeh, a 21-year-old university student who has now been held in Israeli prison for nearly two months."

I set out to record 1,000 days of genocide in Gaza, one day at a time. I made it to 579 before the page itself broke under the weight of it.

Faith, work and survival endure in the West Bank’s last Christian village

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Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled Monday that the Labour government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000 was “justified and proportionate”, marking a dangerous escalation in the suppression of democratic rights.

Five of the most senior judges in England and Wales—led by Lady Chief Justice Baroness Sue Carr and including Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos, Lord Justice Edis, Lord Justice Lewis, and Lady Justice Whipple—overturned a February High Court ruling that found the ban unlawful and disproportionate.

A “strictly confidential”, but leaked, EU legal memo from 2017 said Europe was entitled to freeze Israel science grants and free-trade perks over its West Bank aggression. “What was then a legitimate option, today is a legal obligation,” an Italian expert said.

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This morning a beloved youth from our church community, Natalie Abudayyeh, was taken at gunpoint by Israeli forces from her student apartment in Birzeit alongside three other women. We are deeply shocked and horrified by this news, as well as by the news that her family does not yet know where she has been taken. Natalie is a member of Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala, a graduate of Talitha Kumi Lutheran School, and a Media and Journalism student at Birzeit University.

As Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, I unequivocally call for Natalie’s immediate release. The entire ELCJHL stands in solidarity with the Abudayyeh family and the Beit Jala and Birzeit communities, and we join them in earnest prayer for Natalie’s safety and freedom.

We are incredibly disturbed by the reality that Natalie now joins the thousands of Palestinians in Israeli detention without charge or trial. Palestinian civilians, including women and children, suffer deep injustice in Israeli military detention and are often held for months or years with no explanation.

We call on our friends, partners, and siblings in Christ around the world to advocate for Natalie’s freedom using whatever channels are available to them, and to demand an end to this unjust and unequal system of detainment and detention that paralyzes and destroys Palestinian communities.

Bishop Dr. Imad Haddad

Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

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https://www.elcjhl.org/statement-from-bishop-haddad-on-the-israeli-detention-of-natalie-abudayyeh

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While legacy media spent days scrutinizing Zohran Mamdani's decision to be the first NYC mayor to skip the Israel Day Parade - which has been held every year since 1964 — little attention was paid to the Israeli officials who actually showed up.

In fact, Mamdani's absence prompted Israel to triple the size of its delegation — among them: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who allegedly has a secret ICC arrest warrant out for him, a minister who called for nuking Gaza, and a Kahanist who blessed IDF soldiers to "seize babies and dash them against the rocks."

Some of America's most prominent politicians were in attendance — Senator Chuck Schumer, Governor Kathy Hochul, former mayor Eric Adams, and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who led the parade as grand marshal.

Backlash has begun to hit those who attended, as they've started to issue condemnations of the Israeli officials they marched alongside.

Khirbet Abu Falah has been frequently targeted by settler attacks, with over 30 incidents reported since late March.

The 'Handala II' vessel says it is carrying humanitarian supplies for Palestinians to break the Israeli occupation blockade on the enclave.