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„Die Soldatinnen und Soldaten gingen weg, weil ihr hingesehen habt.“

„Ich kann meine Schafherde nahe der Militärbasis weiden, weil ich mich in Anwesenheit der ökumenischen Begleitpersonen sicher fühle und die Schikanierung durch Siedlerinnen und Siedler viel weniger ist, wenn ihr da seid.“

„Wir fühlen uns sicher, wenn die ökumenischen Begleitpersonen da sind.“

"The soldiers went away because you were watching.”

“I am able to herd my sheep near the military base because I feel safe in the presence of ecumenical accompaniers, and settler harassment is much less when you are around.”

“We feel safe when the ecumenical accompaniers are present.”

Alexander Brock, an international development practitioner from Ireland, recently returned from a deployment with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. On 1 March, he gave an eyewitness account of what it’s like to monitor human rights in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. He was part of a group of 27 ecumenical accompaniers from all over the world. 

Die Israelin Hanna Barag nennt sich selbst „Menschenrechtsdiplomatin" und arbeitet für die Organisation Machsom Watch. Sie beobachtet seit Jahrzehnten, wie die palästinensische Bevölkerung an den Checkpoints behandelt wird, und nennt es – schlicht in einem Wort – „entmenschlichend".

Hanna Barag, an Israeli woman who has described herself as a “human rights diplomat” for the organization Machsom Watch, has spent decades observing what happens to Palestinians at checkpoints, and it’s—in a word—“de-humanizing,” she says.

A group of Ecumenical Accompaniers completed their service in Palestine and Israel, handing their ministry over to the next wave, and celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the same time.

Here comes the bride. Donned in a wedding gown, Ribhieh Rajabi is walking over a pile of rubble in the Silwan neighborhood of Jerusalem. She’s surrounded by family, friends, journalists, and even strangers who came to show solidarity.

Im Omar—as named after her eldest son—mother of six, must scrape every day for something most people take for granted: water. For her, water is scarce—and it’s directly connected to her family’s livelihood. 

Um Ismail, in her 50s, loves her children fiercely and wholly, as mothers do all over the globe. But for Um Ismail, who lives in the Khan Al-Ahmar Bedouin community, finding enough water for her ten children plunges the family daily into near catastrophe.