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IRAQ: Ten years of lamentation, partnering and action

Ten years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, CPT,
together with uncounted Iraqi families, laments
the ongoing carnage that continues to echo from
that moment.

CPT INTERNATIONAL: Applications to join Christian Peacemaker Corps due May 1, 2013

Applications for Peacemaker Training, July 19-August 19, 2013, are due May 1.

PALESTINE: Tent for school children demolished hours after it was built

On 16 March 2013 the South Hebron Hills Popular Committee built a tent to protect school children from Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed waiting for their military escort. Hours after the ceremonious construction of the tent, the Israeli military demolished it and arrested one of the internationals present.

Prayers for Peacemakers, March 13, 2013

Pray for all connected to grids of power, that we may learn from the excluded, threatened and expelled how to overcome apathy, indifference and collusion as powers and principalities target land, air, sea, life. May we welcome, not dread, God's new thing.

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Eight villages face expulsion in Firing Zone 918

Imagine that your neighborhood was declared a firing range. You are threatened with forced evacuation. Demolition orders are issued for your home, your church and the school your children attend. Your land will cease to belong to you, and your livestock will be removed.