Palestine

In the early morning hours of August 18, St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Ramallah was damaged and disrupted by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) in a raid on the offices of the human rights group Al-Haq, a tenant in an adjacent Diocese of Jerusalem building....

As another challenging year came to an end, it was clear that the wide community of American Friends have not let the uncertainties of our time prevent you from showing your care for the Christian witness of our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land....

Leaders at Saviour’s Episcopal School in Zarqa, Jordan, and the Arab Episcopal School (AES) in Irbid, Jordan, are seeing the economic impact of the pandemic on Jordanian families. With many parents unemployed since March of 2020, families have been forced to send their children to overcrowded, low-performing public...

Suhaila Tarazi, director of Ahli Hospital in Gaza, shared news from Gaza City last week: “The socioeconomic situation in Gaza is catastrophic. Human beings were designed to hope, so when people struggle to maintain hope and lose hope, the suffering will increase.  “Unemployment among new...

Since the early days of AFEDJ’s partnership with the Diocese of Jerusalem, our donors have demonstrated their generosity and compassion for the humanitarian ministries in the Holy Land. But in May and June of 2021, the outpouring of support for Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza...

“There’s no sleeping in Gaza.” – Suhaila Tarazi, director of Ahli Arab Hospital Click here for A Litany for the Restoration of Peace in the Holy Land Dear Friends, The disaster happening in Palestine and Israel is heartbreaking and tragic. Violence between Jews and Arabs...

Click here for a pdf of the litany A Litany for the Restoration of Peace the Holy Land God of peace, we pray for the people of Palestine and Israel in these perilous and dangerous times. For all who are fearful for the safety of...

COVID surge and lack of vaccine threaten to overwhelm healthcare systems in the West Bank and Gaza “The situation is really very scary in Gaza.” — Suhaila Tarazi, director of Ahli Arab Hospital Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported this week that hospitals in the West...

Three weeks.  That’s the time it took for the clergy and concerned members of St. John’s Norwood Church in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to raise more than $114,000 to fully fund a critically needed 4D ultrasound machine for St. Luke’s Hospital in the northern West Bank...

For years, Giovanni Anbar, the founder and director of the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah, has depended on the Center’s guesthouse for a steady income stream to cover operating expenses.  Before the pandemic, ETVTC’s ten-room guesthouse offered students in the hospitality...