God, be a pillar of nonviolent defense against occupation, apartheid, domination, theft, bombardment, phosphorus chemical weapons, missiles, drones, assassination of journalists, propaganda, home demolition, sexism, racism and despair. Let offenses yield to nationhood, dignity and zealous compliance with the Geneva Conventions in Gaza and everywhere.

A shopkeeper facing intimidation and the threat of vandalism lays claim to the peace intoned by those who want him gone.

Repercussions of military action between Israeli and Palestinian fighting forces are being felt in al-Khalil (Hebron).

Our peoples have struggled against each other for centuries, oppressed and oppressors, fighting for money, power and control. Yet here, as the music played, there was peace.

Give thanks for the freedom, after eight months of imprisonment, of Colombian mother and peacebuilder Claudia Maria Mayorga, for her and her family’s witness that landed her there, and for seeing them all faithfully through a season of apostolic endurance.

Christian Peacemaker Teams and its Colombia project give thanks to the God of life for the 1 November release, after eight months of imprisonment, of Claudia Maria Mayorga. 

Turkish air strikes in northern Iraqi Kurdistan on 7 November killed two civilian men and injured two others.

Syrian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan, aided by UN programs, still face daunting challenges, whether in or outside a refugee camp.

            

Ask God for eyes to see, appreciate, honor and acknowledge lavish giving by people others habitually use, impoverish, objectify, take advantage of, slight, mistrust, second-guess, one-up, doubt, fear, ignore, tolerate, patronize, pity or pigeonhole. Ask that defensiveness may give way to mutuality.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Agnes Chan visited the old city of Hebron and the CPT office November 6 together with a UNICEF delegation to see first hand effects of the occupation on children and their education.