With Shadia Qubti and Tony Deik
Over the past few months, there has been a lot in the news about changes and issues in Palestine-Israel. Whether you know a lot or a little about what’s going on in this region of the world, it’s important to stay informed and engage with people from the context in order to grow in understanding, prayer, and action that can further peace building efforts and positive change.
No matter where you are on this journey, INFEMIT has some helpful videos through which you can explore and learn more by listening to Palestinian Christians, Shadia Qubti and Tony Deik.
Watch this video to learn about the history of Palestine-Israel.
Watch this video on Challenges and Prospects to Peacebuilding in Palestine-Israel. Shadia and Tony share about the ongoing colonization in the lands of Palestine, aided by Christian Zionist theologies that fail to see God’s image in the Palestinians. Reconciliation for those who live in a constant state of colonial violence and oppression must include justice: true peace will be built on the rights and the restoration of the wellbeing of these communities.
New Content!
If you’ve already engaged in previous INFEMIT conversations on these topics, we also have something new to share this week. In this video, Shadia and Tony talk about additional challenges to peacebuilding in the context of Israel-Palestine, especially the spread of misinformation and our attitudes towards “truth” in relation to the history of the conflict.
Watch here.
Let’s continue this conversation and take a journey together to deepen our understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, especially as we hear from our brothers and sisters in Palestine.
These conversations were held in the context of INFEMIT’s Stott-Bediako Forum on Peace Building and Conflict Transformation from a lens of Postcolonialism and Indigenous Christianity. The views and opinions expressed in these interviews are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect an official position of INFEMIT. We seek to foster reflection through conversation, and ask you to be respectful and constructive in your comments.
Other Resources
- Check out Tony Deik’s articles on Mission in the Context of Palestine-Israel and Transformation before Proclamation: A Lesson from the Book of Acts.
- Additionally, check out Shadia Qubti’s podcast, Women Behind the Wall, which seeks to amplify women’s voices, stories, and experiences from Palestine-Israel.
- Listen to more stories of Palestinian Christian Challenges, shared by Christ at the Checkpoint. Watch here.
- ‘The Other Side of the Wall’ by Munther Isaac is 40% off through IVP now through July 25. Shop Now: ivpr.es/Summer21
- Is Praying for Peace in the Middle East Enough?– podcast with Salim Munayer, executive director and founder of Musalaha Ministry of Reconciliation
- Nakba: Resilience and Memory By Prof. Salim Munayer– What does it mean to Bethlehem Bible College
- An Open Letter to U.S. Christians from a Palestinian Pastor– by Munther Isaac
Websites
- Christ at the Checkpoint is a biannual conference that explores the obstacles to peace in our world and the opportunities for peace-making that spring from our Christian faith, within a community of evangelical Christians who believe that following Jesus with integrity means that our lives are formed by our love for God, the teaching of the Bible and a fearless life of discipleship in the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Christianzionism.org is a website that explains Christian zionism and helps you gain a critical understanding of the theology and politics wrapped up in this ideology.
- Musalaha is a faith-based organization that teaches, trains, and facilitates reconciliation mainly between Israelis and Palestinians from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, and also international groups, based on biblical principles of reconciliation.
- Bethlehem Bible College offers an academic blog to explore biblical and theological articles pertaining to the Christian faith within the Palestinian context.
