Rev. Dr. Alex Awad lived and served in Palestine for decades, including over 25 years as missionary with the United Methodist Church. Alex served as the pastor of East
Jerusalem Baptist Church, as well as Professor, Dean of Students and Director of the Shepherd Society at Bethlehem Bible College. Alex helped to organize three “Christ at the Checkpoint” conferences in Bethlehem, and is the author of two books: “Palestinian Memories: The Story of a Palestinian Mother and Her People” and “Through the Eyes of the Victims.”

Education Minister Naftali Bennett just announced that he appointed Shimshon Shoshani to head the committee to resolve recent dispute with Christian schools.

Richard was born in Northern Ireland and spent several years as Vice-Principal of the Anglican School in Jerusalem and has worked in senior positions in a number of Christian and social concern charities in the UK.Most recently, he was the CEO of the Garden Tomb in Jeruslam

To be honest with you all, it is tempting to give up and come to the edge of losing hope. It is easier to enter into the despair which says Que Sera Sera. Yet is that it? Is it our calling to give up?

One sector not only refrained from participating in protests or other activities, but also remained strangely silent on the issue. The normally vocal Messianic leaders did not write or speak at all on the topic, leaving it to others

Israeli-Palestinian Evangelicals took part in the strike in a number of ways. Some as parents of students, others as teachers, and others as school leaders who joined the negotiating committee. The strike included mobilizing their cause on different levels.

Reached a settlement with the ministry of Education and therefore the students of the 47 schools in Israel who number 33,000 will return to school Monday the 28th of September after being on strike since the 1st of Septembe

Christian schools in Israel have been on strike since the beginning of the school year and did not open the academic year 2015-2016. They are protesting a decision by the Israeli government to shrink their funding, to a point that it became impossible for them to survive

a group of Arab academics, hereby express our support and solidarity with the demands of the “Private” schools in the Arab society in Israel as they strive to continue with their noble mission