rabbisforhumanrights:

“המתנחלים קובעים את הגבולות, צה”ל ומג”ב מצייתים ואינם מתערבים כשרעולי הפנים דולקים אחר הרועים” - קראו ושתפו את הכתבה של עמירה הס ב”הארץ” | http://bit.ly/VX3Fxv

In the South Hebron Hills, (Occupied West bank) here we see Nationalist Israeli Settlers not far from their outpost shaking the hand of an Israeli Soldier.
Why is this settler, masked? probably because they are about to do some… not very nice.

rabbisforhumanrights:

“המתנחלים קובעים את הגבולות, צה”ל ומג”ב מצייתים ואינם מתערבים כשרעולי הפנים דולקים אחר הרועים” - קראו ושתפו את הכתבה של עמירה הס ב”הארץ” | http://bit.ly/VX3Fxv

In the South Hebron Hills, (Occupied West bank) here we see Nationalist Israeli Settlers not far from their outpost shaking the hand of an Israeli Soldier.

Why is this settler, masked? probably because they are about to do some… not very nice.

20 March 2013 ·

haaretz:

For the first time, the Dutch government has called for retail chains in the Netherlands to state the origin of products from West Bank settlements, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. 
This makes the Netherlands, one of Israel’s greatest friends in Europe, the second country in the EU, after Britain, to recommend such labeling. Read more.

haaretz:

For the first time, the Dutch government has called for retail chains in the Netherlands to state the origin of products from West Bank settlements, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

This makes the Netherlands, one of Israel’s greatest friends in Europe, the second country in the EU, after Britain, to recommend such labeling. Read more.

10 March 2013 ·

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The shepherds have been an important part of the birth of Jesus story, but this BBC piece shows how difficult it is to be a shepherd near Bethlehem these days.  

It is only a 4 minute interview.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9667000/9667737.stm

If Carlos the 74 year old father or Jamil his young 20 year old son, needs any help keeping the tradition going….part of me would want to go to Bethlehem and help look after the sheep.

I was out several days with the shepherds in the South Hebron Hills, I know it is a hard life, and would be too much for me.  

25 December 2011 ·

Who and why!

Just a blog about a bloke living a life that our creator decided was meant for him, regardless of his own initial personal thoughts on whether he ACTUALLY wanted this adventurous life in the first place!!!

However over time I realised if we are to live authentically as God wants us to, then we need to let go of our fears, have faith and live adventurously in the spirit.

My mum tells me she felt I was meant to be a Christopher Daniel (Christ bearer - God is my Judge) ... it "only" took us both until my 39 year on this planet to realise what she meant. Good job our loving creator is patient eh!

Now that I know this is what I am called to do, it does make life just a little easier. At least I don't need to worry about career choices in the near future!

This is a story about being a tiny incy-wincy cog in our creators great plan. So fasten your seat belts in the back there, and let us begin our journey together, some of those rarely travelled back roads are very bumpy and violent!

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