Help - Please Read - Very Important وقفة حق

A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of the Palestinian suffering

كلمة ايمان و رجاء و محبّة من قلب المعاناة الفلسطينيّة

" وقفة حق " هي رساله كتبها عذدة اباء من الارض المقدسة لتوصل صورة المعاناة ، و نحن بحاجة الى مساعدتكم !

الرسالة التي املكها حاليا هي في اللغة الانجليزية و ساحول ان اترجمها الى العربية في اسرع وقت ممكن

انا بحاجة لكم ، المسيحيون في فلسكين بحاجة لكم
و فلسطين ارضنا جميعاً

Dear Friends
Christ is Risen!
Truly He is Risen!
Hope all of you had a most blessed Easter celebration!
I am asking you to support an end to the occupation. Please know we need at least
5,000 signatures by the end of this month for the Kairos Palestine ******** and if you are too busy
to go to the webpage to give your signature yourself
or have any technical difficulties, please know I am happy to give your name and state of residence
to the committee in Bethlehem to sign on this historic ********
by simply sending me an email to ghassan.faqes@gmail.com

by April 21, 2010

with sincere appreciation for your support,
Ghassan
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Personal Reflections About Kairos ********

Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D.

Palestinian Christian leaders have issued the timely Kairos Palestine ******** calling on Churches around the world “to say a word of truth and to take a position of truth with regard to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land.” (www.kairospalestine.ps) My most personal thoughts about the Kairos ******** is that it immediately reflects the continued steadfastness witness of the Christian community in the land of the Mother Church. It gives our Christian voice a spiritual and psychological renewal to have finalized such a ******** promoting peace, justice and reconciliation. The Kairos ******** can create positive repercussions because it means that people in the international community can start writing to anyone and everyone they know or at least any government official they know. It is literally crying out to the world saying, please, people in all corners of the globe, speak up for truth and justice. It is reminding every human being of the ethical obligation to stand against injustice and apartheid. This ******** is a clear scream to mobilize every human effort not to just speak against oppression but to take action. If people are not outraged now by the oppressive discriminatory behavior of Israel since 1948 when will they be? My signature on the Kairos ******** personally means to me that I have patiently tried to record in history that “the only democracy in the Middle East” is misbehaving. And along with the endurance of my Christian community, I am asking for an end to all forms of discrimination. Signing the Kairos Palestine ******** symbolizes for me the stronger than ever voice of our Christian community from the Holy Land working on preserving human justice and showing trust in God. This historic ******** means to me that we continue to recognize the hope for freedom and we have entered a new season of joy in the non violent resistance movement. It is as if Kairos Palestine ******** reaffirms a new Intifada, non violent and peaceful resistance as has been practiced in Taybeh for 2000 years. Although American mainstream media does not want to mention the word “military occupation,” if American people knew the truth, they would stand in solidarity with the oppressed and promote equality among all people. The Kairos ******** puts a face on Palestine since the Israeli lobby works so hard to continue labeling Palestinians as “terrorists.” The Kairos ******** reflects the many signatures of the “Living Stones. “
As a product of American public schools immediately when I think of the Kairos ********, I reflect upon the words of Martin Luther King: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Therefore I have the motivation to work for a just peace in the land that has known so much devastation because my husband, Daoud Canaan Khoury, brought me to his beloved homeland to invest, boost the economy and promote national pride by producing an excellent product in Palestine.
As a result of my Orthodox Christian upbringing immediately I remember that the Holy Fathers say we must always focus on Christ our Lord and Savior during all hardships and any suffering. And , to focus on Christ means to persist and insist on living the life of the Holy Gospel. It is Jesus that promises that peacemakers shall be called children of God. (Matt 5:9)
I am personally appealing to all, especially my Brothers and Sisters in Christ to please express their solidarity by endorsing the Kairos Palestine ********. www.kairospalestine.ps

Sincere appreciation for your support .
Ghassan