Dr. Salim Munayer writes about the partiality or discrimination in the World Evangelical Alliance's approach to conflicts, notably the ongoing strife in Gaza

As an evangelical writing to evangelicals, I beg my siblings in faith to focus on the words of Jesus and stop endorsing territorial violence. Hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, the prophet Jeremiah stood outside the gates of the Temple in Jerusalem as the people were gathering to worship and gave them prophetic word

and unique place! In Jerusalem, Solomon built the temple of God. In Jerusalem, the worshipers offered sacrifices to the merciful God. Jerusalem is the dream of humanity.

Ironically, and in this season specifically, the same land where God became human has mastered dehumanization of human beings one towards the other.

Hunter Lambeth reflects on the current events related to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. He is the development director for Young Life’s ministry in the Middle East, including Israel and the Palestinian Territory, as well as North Africa. He previously lived in Nazareth for five years

Palestinian Christians are not calling on the IDF to come to their rescue
to protect them from Hamas but to leave Gaza and return across their
border. They are calling on the international community to protect the rights of the Palestinian people, Muslim and Christian, both in the West Bank and Gaza.

Lisa Loden, a resident of Natanya, north of Tel-Aviv writes: "We, the most privileged of all, we who know the grace, the mercy of the living God, called to walk in love,
to do justice, to love mercy to walk humbly with our God. What will we do this day?"

Yohanna Katanacho provides few biblical principles that has the potential to help us think, pray, and act in biblically compatible ways regarding the war on Gaza

Many people are asking about our safety and how we are managing our lives during these difficult times, Yohanna Katanacho writes the following simple essay hoping that we continue our prayers especially for the followers of Christ in Israel/Palestine.

A Follower of Jesus who is Palestinian Christian citizen of Israel shares: During war we encounter dehumanization, fear, worry, anger, revenge, division, blame, pain, atrocities, extremism, false logic, and shame. How should we as Christians respond?