Emergencies in the Palestine Archives - Page 5 of 5

Peace Is Possible’: Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

29/11/2011 Advocacy, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Joseph Cornelius Donnelly is based in New York for Caritas. He writes: Today, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is commemorated solemnly at United Nations headquarters in New York and around the world. The necessity is two-fold: to remember the long struggle of Palestinians in their homeland and beyond, and to educate ...

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people 29 November 2011

24/11/2011 Advocacy, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Communications

By Claudette Habesch, Secretary General of Caritas Jerusalem Since 1948, we Palestinians have experienced dispossession and exile. Our diaspora counts today more than 9 million people all over the world. Since 1967, we Palestinians continue to live under occupation. Checkpoints, the separation wall, lack of access to farmlands and humiliation are part of our daily ...

Recognise Palestine as step towards peace

15/09/2011 Advocacy, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

By Claudette Habesch, General Secretary of Caritas Jerusalem Greetings from the Holy City of the Resurrection, City of Hope where life conquered death. This week will see an important event for us all in Palestine and Israel. The Palestinian Authority will request the United Nations to vote on the recognition of Palestine as a full ...

The road to peace in the Middle East

29/03/2011 Advocacy, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Joseph Cornelius Donnelly, Caritas Internationalis head of delegation at the UN Where does the peace process begin – in which country in what ways and with whom? Such questions are constantly being asked everywhere around the world. From today in Jerusalem but already tomorrow in Kathmandu. From fifty years ago in the Congo to last ...

Jerusalem mourning

24/03/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

By Joseph Cornelius Donnelly in Jerusalem You can know much but know nothing. You can be near but be far. Realities are intensely complicated here. Details get reiterated daily for decades plus. But facts, hard carefully considered can be elusive when anyone from any of the myriad perspectives attempts to explain situations. However, today’s kind ...

The story of Samer and Maryam, Palestinian migrants fleeing from Libya

23/03/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Labor exploitation, Libya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration by Caritas Communications

Two weeks ago, Samer started his journey back home. From Bengazi in Libya, he left for Egypt. Walking is difficult for the old man, but he wanted to leave Libya while it was still possible, before the city would be surrounded by the government’s troops.