Lord, restore dignity to those who demolish homes, irrigation systems and olive groves, who practice bombing and shooting all night near residential areas, or oppress by other weapons from the arsenal of occupation. By the prayers of the faithful, from intended oppression, fashion Beloved Community.
I don't have to comfort a crying baby awakened by an explosion. I don't have to wake up for school the next day. I don't have to feel this fear every night.
Pray that justice-seeking communities in Palestine, Israel and around the world stand firm to prevent the eviction of more than a thousand villagers in Massafer Yatta, south of Hebron, West Bank, and the conversion of their homeland into a bombing range.
On Wednesday 12 December an Israeli soldier shot and killed 17 year-old Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah at the Al Sahlah checkpoint, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. It was Muhammad's birthday.
A flood of individual actions is upholding the rights of over a thousand villagers, their lands and homes to serve life, not bombing and death-dealing. Please do your small part.
On foot or pedaling bicycles, a diverse community shows solidarity with a Palestinian village whose mosque was the latest target of an Israeli wrecking ball.