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  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti (right) shows his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem to participants Kristin (left) and Charlotte (centre) in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where he has just had a part demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
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  • WCC EAPPI showing the WCC Working Group on Climate Change around Jerusalem and the Old City.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160505_DSC_083...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti shows his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem to participants Kristin (right) and Charlotte (left) in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where he has just had a part demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH1_511...jpg
  • WCC EAPPI Ecumenical Accompaniers walk through the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • Owe Boersma of EAPPI in front of a tower on the separation wall in Bethlehem. The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall is a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier while Palestinians and many others call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. At a total length of 708 kilometres (440 miles) upon completion, the border traced by the barrier is more than double the length of the Green Line, with 15% running along it or in Israel, while the remaining 85% cuts at times 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep into the West Bank, isolating about 9.4% of it, leaving an estimated 25,000 Palestinians isolated from the bulk of that territory.
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  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-15...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti shows his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem to participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where he has just had a part demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_687...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-024-43.jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-16...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti shows his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem to participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where he has just had a part demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_690...jpg
  • WCC EAPPI Ecumenical Accompaniers walk through the Old City of Jerusalem.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160505_DSC_230...jpg
  • Ecumenical Accompanier Reinhard Josef Voss plays the organ at St George's Cathedral during and EAPPI celebration
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  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti shows his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem to participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where he has just had a part demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_688...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-46...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk down a street towards the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. The EAPPI accompanies local communities living under occupation, which includes attending church on Sundays.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_729...jpg
  • WCC EAPPI showing the WCC Working Group on Climate Change around Jerusalem and the Old City.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160505_DSC_228...jpg
  • A "school run" in the West Bank: ecumenical accompaniers visit schools as the students travel to and from the schools, to protect the students from agression and intimidation from Israeli forces and settlers. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for three months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-87.jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk down a street towards the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. The EAPPI accompanies local communities living under occupation, which includes attending church on Sundays.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_728...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: Charlotte from Germany (left), Maggie from Norway (centre) and Märit from Sweden (right), all participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, gather to attend Sunday service at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. The EAPPI accompanies local communities living under occupation, which includes attending church on Sundays. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_732...jpg
  • The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is a programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches founded in response to a call from the local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem that brings internationals to the West Bank. Since 2002, over 1,500 volunteers have come for 3 months to be Ecumenical Accompaniers. Accompaniers offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor and report human rights abuses. They join Palestinians and Israelis who work in nonviolent ways for peace and support the local churches.
    OPT_Hawkey_Bethlehem_20161026-025-26...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem: People enter into Checkpoint 300, where tens of thousands of Palestinians, most of them working in construction and maintenance, cross from Bethlehem to Jerusalem in the mornings.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_701...jpg
  • 10 October 2018: A group of Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel visit the Palestinian village of Iqrit.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181010_AH2_077...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: Rabbi Tamara Schagas. On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_579...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Nora from Finland points to a kindergarten, as participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_787...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_715...jpg
  • Tarek Al-Zoughbi is a Palestinian Christian who works at the Wi'am Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center in Bethlehem.
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  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_975...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_961...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation. Here, Jane from Scotland.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_558...jpg
  • 6 October 2018, Jordan Valley, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine in Israel accompany shepherds in many parts of the West Bank, providing an international presence known to have a mitigating effect on confrontations between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians. EAs' presence also helps Palestinians access lands they otherwise might not have dared to continue to cultivate. In the West Bank’s Area C, any land that isn’t cultivated for a period of three years becomes property of the state, the shepherds explain, so accessing their lands regularly is vital for the communities and their herds.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181006_AH1_276...jpg
  • 13 March 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine visit the Holocaust Museum of Yad Vashem, as they gather for mid-term orientation.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190313_DSC_847...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_588...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: Rabbi Tamara Schagas sprinkles salt over the Shabbat bread, as a symbol of remembrance of the sacrifices that were once part of the Shabbat ritual. On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_587...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. The villagers in Ma’alul were mostly Palestinian Christians and Muslims, and the houses of worship still remain on the hilltop.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_576...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_769...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers Kristin (left) and Charlotte (right) walk through a market street in the Muslim Quarter of the Jerusalem Old City.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_684...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers Kristin (left) and Charlotte (right) walk through the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. While a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood, Sheikh Jarrah is under constant pressure from Israeli settler movements looking to push Palestinian families out and take over the area.
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  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers Kristin (left) and Charlotte (right) walk through the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. While a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood, Sheikh Jarrah is under constant pressure from Israeli settler movements looking to push Palestinian families out and take over the area.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_677...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: A participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel documents how a home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem has just been demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH1_514...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Nora from Finland, a participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, looks out over Hebron from a vantage point in the area of Tel Rumeida.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_813...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel, a Swiss participant in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel looks at a collection of signs mounted on the Al-Shuhada Street in the H2 area of Hebron. Notably, the signs are in Hebrew and English, but not in Arabic. The area is under Israeli military control, and following the 1994 massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs (known to the Muslims as Al-Ibrahimi Mosque and to the Jews as Cave of Machpelah) all the Palestinian shops on Shuhada street have been closed, turning the street into a virtual ghost town.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_782...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel from Switzerland and Nora from Finland, both participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel observe a wall on which 'Make love not walls' has been written. The wall has been mounted to block off the path from the Hebron Old City souq from an Israeli settlement inside the city.
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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel from Switzerland and Nora from Finland, both participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk through the H1 area of Hebron, West Bank.
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  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: A participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel looks at the drawing of a dove carrying an olive branch while wearing a bullet proof vest and the mark of a sniper's aim, on a wall in Bethlehem.
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  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_721...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_715...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: A group of children gather around Nora, a Finnish participant in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron, West Bank. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Nora, a participant in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, points to a football field built by Israeli settlers on the Al-Shuhada Street in the H2 area of Hebron. The area is under Israeli military control, and following the 1994 massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs (known to the Muslims as Al-Ibrahimi Mosque and to the Jews as Cave of Machpelah) all the Palestinian shops on Shuhada street have been closed, turning the street into a virtual ghost town. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_781...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti shows the demolition process of a part of his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem on the phone to Charlotte from Germany, a participant in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH1_513...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers Kristin (right) and Charlotte (left) monitor access to worship on a street in the Muslim Quarter of the Jerusalem Old City. The street features one of eight entry points for the Al Aqsa Mosque, and it is not uncommon that Muslims are denied access to the Mosque by Israeli security forces. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
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  • Michel Sabbah was the Archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008, the first non-Italian to hold this position in more than five centuries. The Palestinian is now Patriarch Emeritus and lives in East Jerusalem.
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  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_772...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_774...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_771...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_966...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_958...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH1_602...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: View of the Stella Maris monastery in Haifa.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_561...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation. Here, David from the UK.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_558...jpg
  • 8 October 2018, Haifa, Israel: A group of Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel gather for mid-term orientation in Haifa.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181009_AH2_066...jpg
  • 6 October 2018, Jordan Valley, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine in Israel accompany shepherds in many parts of the West Bank, providing an international presence known to have a mitigating effect on confrontations between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians. EAs' presence also helps Palestinians access lands they otherwise might not have dared to continue to cultivate. In the West Bank’s Area C, any land that isn’t cultivated for a period of three years becomes property of the state, the shepherds explain, so accessing their lands regularly is vital for the communities and their herds.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181006_AH2_012...jpg
  • 6 October 2018, Jordan Valley, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine in Israel accompany shepherds in many parts of the West Bank, providing an international presence known to have a mitigating effect on confrontations between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians. EAs' presence also helps Palestinians access lands they otherwise might not have dared to continue to cultivate. In the West Bank’s Area C, any land that isn’t cultivated for a period of three years becomes property of the state, the shepherds explain, so accessing their lands regularly is vital for the communities and their herds.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181006_AH1_244...jpg
  • 5 October 2018, Jericho, Occupied Palestinian Territories: A group of participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel are stationed in Jericho.
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  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation. Here, Jane from Scotland.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_561...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: View of Haifa, located by the sea.
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  • 13 March 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine visit the Holocaust Museum of Yad Vashem, as they gather for mid-term orientation.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190313_DSC_847...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_585...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area. Kol HaNeshama’s congregants originate from Israel and from countries all over the world. While prayers are in Hebrew, prayer books are available with English translation, as well as Hebrew transliteration.
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  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: A group of children head to Al Minya school. On the wall in Arabic, is a poem about how to have good manners. Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_970...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH1_601...jpg
  • 14 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers at work. On Palm Sunday, thousands gathered and marched from the Mount of Olives down to the Old City of Jerusalem, following in the footsteps of Jesus, as he journeyed to Jerusalem.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: A group of ecumenical accompaniers ascend the hill in Ma’alul. In 1948, apple trees used to grow here, as a source of food and income for the villagers of Ma’alul. Since the land was occupied, a pine tree forest has been planted to replace the fruit trees. Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
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  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
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  • 10 October 2018: A group of Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel visit the Palestinian village of Iqrit.
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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel from Switzerland and Nora from Finland, both participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel look out over Hebron from a vantage point in the area of Tel Rumeida, Hebron.
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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories. Here, Ecumenical Accompanier Daniel, from Switzerland.
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  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: A participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel looks at the drawing of a dove carrying an olive branch while wearing a bullet proof vest and the mark of a sniper's aim, on a wall in Bethlehem.
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  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel greet a young shool girl, as they undertake a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
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  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants Maggie (left), Märit (centre) and Charlotte (right) in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories. (Full names of the Ecumenical Accompaniers have not been disclosed here, upon request by the programme.)
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  • Sam Bahour is a Palestinian businessman, writer, and activist in Ramallah.
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  • Jean Zaru is a Palestinian Christian peace and non-violence activist, and a leader of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the West Bank.
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  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
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  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Rev. Fr Dave Sullivan of the Missionaries of Africa of St Anne’s Monastery and Basilica shares a reflcetion, as Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
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  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children. Here, EA Jane from Scotland.
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  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Cows graze on the hillside in Ma’alul. A Bedouin family has received permission to use the hill for their cattle, including the intermittent use of the old church structures as barns.
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  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation. Here, Karl from Sweden.
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  • 14 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation, starting the day with a participant-led yoga session.
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  • 6 October 2018, Jordan Valley, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine in Israel accompany shepherds in many parts of the West Bank, providing an international presence known to have a mitigating effect on confrontations between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians. EAs' presence also helps Palestinians access lands they otherwise might not have dared to continue to cultivate. In the West Bank’s Area C, any land that isn’t cultivated for a period of three years becomes property of the state, the shepherds explain, so accessing their lands regularly is vital for the communities and their herds.
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  • 6 October 2018, Jordan Valley, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine in Israel accompany shepherds in many parts of the West Bank, providing an international presence known to have a mitigating effect on confrontations between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians. EAs' presence also helps Palestinians access lands they otherwise might not have dared to continue to cultivate. In the West Bank’s Area C, any land that isn’t cultivated for a period of three years becomes property of the state, the shepherds explain, so accessing their lands regularly is vital for the communities and their herds.
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  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: View of Haifa, located by the sea.
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  • In the Catheral of St. George in Jerusalem, ecumenical accompaniers take part in a ceremony for the handover of outgoing group 65 to incoming group 66 of accompaniers in Israel and Palestine. Mark Brown leads a reflection.
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  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical accompaniers arrive at the synagogue of Kol HaNeshama. On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
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  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area. Here, Svenn from the UK.
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  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: Rabbi Tamara Schagas. On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
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  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children. Here, EA Jane from Scotland.
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  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Here, Diana Bisharat. A US-born 33-year-old, Bisharat married and moved to Israel in 2011, as a descendant of the villagers of Ma’alul.
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