{"id":799,"date":"2005-02-07T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2005-02-07T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=799"},"modified":"2005-02-07T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2005-02-07T18:30:16","slug":"shaping-communities-in-times-of-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=799","title":{"rendered":"Shaping Communities in Times of Crises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Israel to receive $50-80m of PA aid<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Aluf Benn  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Israel will get $50-80 million of the special aid package U.S. President George Bush promised the Palestinian Authority. The money will go to build innovative border crossings between the territories and Israel, containing advanced technology for checking cargo and people.&#8221;  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/536415.html\">MORE<\/a>]<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n(<em>from my e-mail<\/em>)<br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends, <\/p>\n<p>As previously announced, the International Center of Bethlehem is planning a major conference in November 2005, ?<strong>Shaping Communities in Times of Crises:  Narratives of Land, Peoples, and Identity.<\/strong>?  We would like to invite you and others to join us for this important event. <\/p>\n<p>Our website has been updated with more information about the gathering, including the conference background, highlights, costs and application form.  Our goal is to draw together theologians, biblical scholars, sociologists, pastors, artists, journalists, historians, politicians and philosophers to create an inter-disciplinary cadre to wrestle with the conference themes.  An inter-cultural approach will be achieved by bringing people from diverse backgrounds that are affected by these issues as well. Attention will be paid to encouraging participation from all major regional areas of our world, underscoring the importance of global dialogue on such issues. Engaging various narratives of land, peoples and identity, with those rising from Palestine &#038; Israel today as the primary narrative, we will seek to raise new questions, re-read biblical texts with new eyes, and to find new directions for our work toward a just and peace-filled world. <\/p>\n<p>We encourage you to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annadwa.org\">www.annadwa.org<\/a> for information on the conference and the application form.  While there, we encourage you to also browse our website for stories on our other vital programs and activities.   We thank you for your on-going support and interest in the programs and efforts of ICB.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb<br \/>\nGeneral Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel to receive $50-80m of PA aid By Aluf Benn &#8220;Israel will get $50-80 million of the special aid package U.S. President George Bush promised the Palestinian Authority. 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