Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 4 September 2026 For many decades, Israel has been a destination for Jewish immigration. Zionism promoted Aliyah (the ascent to the land), establishing organizations and government offices to encourage Jewish immigration to Israel. For the first time in decades, the number of Jews leaving the country has far […]
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 31 August 2026 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons In most people’s imagination prisons are associated with criminals. In countries where the rule of law prevails, those who have committed crimes have been arrested, charged, tried, and sentenced in legal processes that discern the truth of the accusations made
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 28 August 2026 Sliman Mansour R.I.P. Mansour, one of the most important contemporary Palestinian artists, was buried in his hometown of Bir Zeit, in the area of Ramallah on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. He had passed away at the age of 79 two days earlier. The funeral was
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 24 August 2026 An appeal from “A Jerusalem Voice for Justice” On Monday, August 24, 2026, “A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel” issued an appeal: “For Gaza, the West Bank, and the Christian presence in their land”. The
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 21 August 2026 Let’s talk straight – Part 2 (Image: Hebrew; “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies”, an electoral poster for the Democratic Front for Equality, a joint Jewish-Arab list running as part of a broader coalition in the upcoming Israeli elections, due to be held on
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 17 August 2026 Let’s talk straight – Part 1 In recent years, Israeli and Palestinian writers, film makers, artists, have tried to express the frustrations, hopes, and despair of those caught in the conflict in Palestine/Israel. In my book Conquest or Leaven, I quote at length from a
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 14 August 2026 To a friend who is suffering… A close friend of mine, a Catholic priest in Latin America, showed me a letter he had sent to a friend. His friend had been stricken with illness at the very time that he had just lost his grandmother
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 10 August 2026 A female brewer from Taybeh I am a regular reader of International Catholic News. A recent post contained the news that the Faith Justice Bible Podcast has launched a new series of interviews, spotlighting voices from Palestine (https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55584). I was particularly inspired by an interview
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 7 August 2026 Conquest or leaven – Why? Recently I was asked yet again why I regularly use the images of conquest and leaven in speaking about the situation in Palestine/Israel and the vocation of Christians in the midst of the ongoing conflict there. My friend and collaborator,
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Post by Fr David Neuhaus SJ | 3 August 2026 Comfortably Numb Watch here a new interpretation of “Comfortably Numb”, a collaboration between Roger Waters, co-founder of the musical group Pink Floyd, and Palestinian artist Mona Miari. Featuring newly written verses in English and Arabic, the work reframes the song through themes of displacement, memory,
