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  • One of Israel's "Women in Black" discusses with passersby during the women's their weekly peace vigil at a busy Jerusalem street corner. The women oppose Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
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  • One of Israel's "Women in Black" argues with passersby during the women's weekly peace vigil at a busy Jerusalem street corner. The women are opposed to Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
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  • A member of Israel's "Women in Black" during the group's weekly peace vigil at a busy Jerusalem street corner. The women oppose Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
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  • Members of Israel's "Women in Black" during their their weekly peace vigil at a busy Jerusalem street corner. The women oppose Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
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  • Shadia Sbait is a Resource Developer at Humanity Crew and an Information Specialist at the Mofet Institute in Israel. A Christian, she is a descendent of residents of Igrit village displaced by the Israeli army in 1948. The village was destroyed on Christmas 1951.
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  • Raanan Mallek is Community Rabbi of the Shorashim Village in the Galilee, Israel, and an activist in interfaith dialogue.
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  • The once-elegant Palestinian village of Lifta, whose inhabitants were expelled by Israelis in 1948, today sits like a ghost town surrounded by freeways and apartment complexes in the middle of Jerusalem, a symbol of a past life that many Palestinian refugees refuse to forget.
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  • Israeli single mothers hold a vigil outside the country's finance ministry in 2003 to protest cutbacks in benefits to poor families. The cutbacks were mandated by the U.S. government in exchange for continued financial support of the Israeli government.
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  • Yehuda Stolov is executive director of the Interfaith Encounter Association in Jerusalem.
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  • Noa Mazor is a Reform Jewish rabbi and rights activist in Jerusalem.
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  • A view of Jerusalem.
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  • The once-elegant Palestinian village of Lifta, whose inhabitants were expelled by Israelis in 1948, today sits like a ghost town surrounded by freeways and apartment complexes in the middle of Jerusalem, a symbol of a past life that many Palestinian refugees refuse to forget.
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  • The once-elegant Palestinian village of Lifta, whose inhabitants were expelled by Israelis in 1948, today sits like a ghost town surrounded by freeways and apartment complexes in the middle of Jerusalem, a symbol of a past life that many Palestinian refugees refuse to forget.
    israel-2006-jeffrey-3.jpg
  • The once-elegant Palestinian village of Lifta, whose inhabitants were expelled by Israelis in 1948, today sits like a ghost town surrounded by freeways and apartment complexes in the middle of Jerusalem, a symbol of a past life that many Palestinian refugees refuse to forget.
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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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  • 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.
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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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  • 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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  • 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.
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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.
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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.
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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, David from the UK.
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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.
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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, David from the UK.
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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.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190314_AH1_555...jpg
  • 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.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190314_AH1_555...jpg
  • 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.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190314_AH1_554...jpg
  • 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.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190314_AH1_554...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.
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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.
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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.
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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, listening to Ruth Hiller talking on the theme of (de)militarization of Israeli society.
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  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: View of the Stella Maris monastery in Haifa.
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  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: View of the Stella Maris monastery in Haifa.
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  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: Flowers grow on a field in Haifa.
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  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: View of Haifa, located by the sea.
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  • 15 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: View of Haifa, located by the sea.
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  • Nora Arsenian-Carmi was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, a few months before the establishment of Israel. Since 1967, she has been a permanent resident of East Jerusalem. Conflict is something she is very familiar with considering her Armenian heritage. Her family survived the genocide of 1915. Carmi served as a community builder in various religious and security civil society circles. She worked with the YWCA, Sabeel Liberation Theology Center and Kairos Palestine for some four decades.
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  • A street sign says "Wall Street" on the Israel 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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  • 13 March 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation, sharing reflections on their time together in Palestine and Israel.
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  • Christian symbols stuck to the Israeli separation barrier 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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  • An Orthodox Icon is painted on a segment of the Israeli separation barrier. 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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  • 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 guard tower of the so-called "separation fence" constructed by Israel dwarfs a church building in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The town where Jesus was born has lost huge tracts of farm land to the towering wall, and residents are restricted from traveling freely to the nearby city of Jerusalem. Israel claims the wall is necessary for security, but most Palestinians believe it is designed to steal land and water from Palestinian communities and to weaken the viability of a future Palestinian state.
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  • 13 March 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation, sharing reflections on their time together in Palestine and Israel.
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Students paint messages on the separation wall. 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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  • 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 fragment of a mural seen through the window of a moving car 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 mural on the Separation Barrier in Bethlehem depicts Leila Khaled, symbol of Palestinian Resistance. 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 mural saying "El Salvador" is painted on the Israeli 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 13 March 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation, sharing reflections on their time together in Palestine and Israel.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190313_DSC_843...jpg
  • 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 woman selling strawberries in the market of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza strip.  While Gazans grow much of their own food, repressive restrictions on land use imposed by the Israeli military means some food has to be imported at great cost from Egypt and Israel. Strawberries, on the other hand, were long a traditional export of Gaza, yet Israel has severely limited the quantity that can be exported from the territory....
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  • Amal Rashid, a 50-year old breast cancer patient hoping for a referral to treatment in Israel, gets a visit from her doctors on the oncology ward of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Examining her x-ray is Dr. Ramy Meqdad (left) and Dr. Mohamed Al-Sadeq. Treating cancer patients here is a challenge for health care professionals. Patients suffer from a chronic shortage of several medicines because of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Replacement parts for medical technology are often blocked. Visas are virtually impossible to obtain for continuing education outside of Gaza for health workers. And only a small percentage of patients referred to hospitals in the West Bank, Jerusalem, or Israel are granted permission by the Israeli authorities to leave..
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  • Amal Rashid, a 50-year old breast cancer patient hoping for a referral to treatment in Israel, gets a visit from her doctors on the oncology ward of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Examining her x-ray is Dr. Ramy Meqdad (left) and Dr. Mohamed Al-Sadeq. Treating cancer patients here is a challenge for health care professionals. Patients suffer from a chronic shortage of several medicines because of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Replacement parts for medical technology are often blocked. Visas are virtually impossible to obtain for continuing education outside of Gaza for health workers. And only a small percentage of patients referred to hospitals in the West Bank, Jerusalem, or Israel are granted permission by the Israeli authorities to leave..
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  • Nurse Tahreer Qannan attends to Amal Rashid, a 50-year old breast cancer patient hoping for a referral to treatment in Israel. Meanwhile she waits on the oncology ward of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Treating cancer patients here is a challenge for health care professionals. Patients suffer from a chronic shortage of several medicines because of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Replacement parts for medical technology are often blocked. Visas are virtually impossible to obtain for continuing education outside of Gaza for health workers. And only a small percentage of patients referred to hospitals in the West Bank, Jerusalem, or Israel are granted permission by the Israeli authorities to leave..
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  • A fisherman prepares his gear in Gaza. Under the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, the people of Gaza were allowed to fish out to 20 nautical miles from their coastline, yet since Israel imposed a naval blockade in 2007 they have been limited to just three nautical miles. In practice, fishers who venture beyond two nautical miles are shot at by Israeli gunboats; several have been injured and some killed. Despite having 40 kilometers of coastline and a long tradition as fishers, many Gaza fishers are unemployed and the people of Gaza are forced to import fish from Israel. And what fishing they can do close to shore mostly involves the harvest of immature fish, which biologists warn has a negative impact on fish stocks in the region....
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  • Abed Rabu Abu Jowe'a waters the flowers he planted in front of his family's transitional house built by Catholic Relief Services in Khan Yunis, Gaza. His house and many others in the area were destroyed by the Israeli military during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza. His family of 11 people moved into the new 80-square meter house in April 2015. A taxi driver, he has already added to the house, and says that with proper care it should last at least ten years, twice what CRS expects. Yet Jowe'a isn't hopeful that tensions between Israel and Gaza will diminish anytime soon.
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  • Abed Rabu Abu Jowe'a fills a bucket with water to irrigate the flowers he planted in front of his family's transitional house built by Catholic Relief Services in Khan Yunis, Gaza. His house and many others in the area were destroyed by the Israeli military during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza. His family of 11 people moved into the new 80-square meter house in April 2015. A taxi driver, he has already added to the house, and says that with proper care it should last at least ten years, twice what CRS expects. Yet Jowe'a isn't hopeful that tensions between Israel and Gaza will diminish anytime soon.
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  • Small fishing boats head out to fish for the night off the coast of Gaza. Under the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, the people of Gaza were allowed to fish out to 20 nautical miles from their coastline, yet since Israel imposed a naval blockade in 2007 they have been limited to just three nautical miles. In practice, fishers who venture beyond two nautical miles are shot at by Israeli gunboats; several have been injured and some killed. Despite having 40 kilometers of coastline and a long tradition as fishers, many Gaza fishers are unemployed and the people of Gaza are forced to import fish from Israel. And what fishing they can do close to shore mostly involves the harvest of immature fish, which biologists warn has a negative impact on fish stocks in the region....
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  • An unemployed fisherman in Gaza. Under the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, the people of Gaza were allowed to fish out to 20 nautical miles from their coastline, yet since Israel imposed a naval blockade in 2007 they have been limited to just three nautical miles. In practice, fishers who venture beyond two nautical miles are shot at by Israeli gunboats; several have been injured and some killed. Despite having 40 kilometers of coastline and a long tradition as fishers, many Gaza fishers are unemployed and the people of Gaza are forced to import fish from Israel. And what fishing they can do close to shore mostly involves the harvest of immature fish, which biologists warn has a negative impact on fish stocks in the region....
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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.
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  • 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.
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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 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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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel greet the children 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 12 October 2018, Jerusalem: A group of Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel visit the Holocaust Museum, received by Rabbi Raanan Mallek.
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  • Building rubble that has been ground up is turned into new construction blocks in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza strip. The rubble comes from buildings destroyed in Israeli bombings. Israel does not permit many building materials, including cement, to enter Gaza..
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: A group of children head to Al Minya school. 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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  • 12 October 2018, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: The separation barrier cuts through Bethlehem, separating the Israeli side from the Palestinian one. Here, a group of visitors walk towards Checkpoint 300, to cross into Israel.
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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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  • 3 October 2018, Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: EAs arrive to spend the night in Khan al Ahmar. Accompaniers serving the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel offer protective presence to vulnerable communities living under occupation. Khan al Ahmar is a Bedouin community located within the East Jerusalem Periphery, in E1 area. It is home to 32 families, 173 persons in total, including 92 children and youths. The community has a mosque and a school, which was built in 2009 and serves more than 150 children between the ages of six and fifteen, from Khan al Ahmar and other nearby communities. With due date 1 October 2018, Israeli authorities threaten to demolish the site, thereby making room for nearby Israeli settlements to expand.
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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.
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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.
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  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Two participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel document 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.
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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 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.
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  • 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.
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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: 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.
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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: A school girl celebrates having done the hair of Nora from Finland, a participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel today undertaking a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which the accompaniers 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: A school girl places a flower in the hair of Daniel from Switzerland, a participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel today undertaking a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which the accompaniers 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: 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.
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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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  • 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.
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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 down 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.
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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.
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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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