Mennonite World Review

Articles : Middle East

April 15 issue

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  Photo by Ryan Rodrick Beiler/MCC

  MCC U.S. works to prevent funding Israeli-Palestinian conflicts

  Mennonite Central Committee U.S. is taking steps to ensure it does not invest in companies that benefit from violence against Palestinians or Israelis.

  The MCC U.S. board has asked Everence and Fulton Bank to filter out companies from its investments that produce goods used in Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. The screened companies have ties to Israeli security forces.

April 1 issue

• CPT walks with shepherds threatened in firing zone

  MASAFER YATTA, West Bank — About 1,000 Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills face expulsion from their homes because they live within an Israeli firing zone.

March 18 issue

• MCC aids families in Gaza

  AKRON, Pa. — Two Mennonite Central Committee partners in the Gaza Strip used $10,000 grants from MCC to respond to needs of Gazans who were displaced or whose families were injured during Israeli airstrikes into Gaza in November.

• Bound by hospitality

  AMMAN, Jordan — They keep coming. On an average night more than 2,100 Syrians cross the border into Jordan, seeking refuge from violence and instability.

March 4 issue

• Syria’s voices for peace

  BEIRUT, Lebanon — The first time I went to Syria through my work with Mennonite Central Committee, almost four years ago, I was unable to access social networking websites. Today, the armed conflict prohibits me from entering the country, but I get a lot of my daily updates through my Facebook feed.

Feb. 18 issue

• Interterm travel and discovery a family affair

  NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Participating in a Bethel College interterm trip to Jordan, Israel and Palestine Jan. 2-23 was a dream come true for Ben Kreider and Sara Regier, both of North Newton, with the added benefit of getting to do it together.

Feb. 4 issue

• Syrians’ plight: war, winter

  As nighttime temperatures plummet to below freezing in Syria, people are struggling to stay warm and dry.

Dec. 24, 2012 issue

• Delegation returns to Israel

  A group of 27 Anabaptists returned to Israel Nov. 18-25 to continue a reconciliation process begun with a written apology delivered two years ago.

Nov. 26, 2012 issue

• MCC emergency funds help families in Gaza

  AKRON, Pa. — Responding to casualties from fighting between Israel and Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, Mennonite Central Committee is sending emergency funds to help Gazan families whose homes have been bombed.

Aug. 20, 2012 issue

• Life of adventure and service

  A memorial service for Al Geiser, a businessman who was shot and killed July 23 in Af­ghan­­is­tan, was held Aug. 5 at Kidron (Ohio) Mennonite Church.

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