Tag Archives: Bethlehem

Awaiting You in Bethlehem: Banksy’s Quirky “Walled-Off Hotel”

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Tom Powers

I have a certain affinity for the absurd. Not absurdity for its own sake, mind you, but the kind that instructs and illuminates, that comments upon our world and helps us grapple with the harsh realities it confronts us with. … Continue reading →

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Military authorities defy High Court, resume building Apartheid Wall at Cremisan

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Tom Powers

This is very much a follow-up to my previous post (q.v.) less than five months ago, whose celebratory tone has proved premature. It now appears that the Israeli military authorities have decided to ignore an April ruling by the nation’s High … Continue reading →

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Baptist group to ‘wage peace’ in Palestine

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Tom Powers

From the patio outside my flat, the steeple of his church, Christmas Lutheran, punctuates the Bethlehem skyline: Mitri Raheb. Dr. Raheb is slated to be the keynote speaker for a Washington D.C.- area conference in early November entitled “Waging Peace … Continue reading →

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UPDATED The Aqueducts of Bethlehem: An interactive map

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Tom Powers

The purpose of this brief post is to point folks — any who may resonate to such minutiae — to a custom map which I have assembled. It focuses on remnants of the ancient Upper and Lower Aqueducts of Jerusalem, … Continue reading →

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UPDATED | Saint Nicola of the North

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Tom Powers

CHRISTMAS EVE, 2011  / JERUSALEM When I saw this in Haaretz today — about Israel’s unofficial Santa Claus — it was irresistible. Just when I thought I’d heard it all… The brief article is reproduced in full below. Also, here’s a link to an … Continue reading →

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